Alinx AV4040 User manual

Video Processing FPGA
Development Board
AV4040
User Manual

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Version Record
Version
Date
Release By
Description
Rev 1.0
2019-05-01
Rachel Zhou
First Release

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Table of Contents
Version Record.......................................................................................... 2
Part 1: FPGA Development Board Introduction......................................... 6
Part 2: Function realization........................................................................ 8
Part 2.1: Video Input............................................................................8
Part 2.2: Video Output.......................................................................11
Part 3: AC4040 core board...................................................................... 12
Part 3.1: AC4040 Core Board Introduction........................................13
Part 3.2: DDR2 DRAM ......................................................................13
Part 3.3: SPI Flash ............................................................................16
Part 3.4: FPGA Power Supply...........................................................17
Part 3.5: Expansion Ports........................................................................ 19
Part 3.6: Powe interface on Core Board............................................22
Part 3.7: Crystal oscillator on Core Board .........................................23
Part 3.8: LED Light on Core Board....................................................25
Part 3.9: Structure Diagram...............................................................27
Part 4: Expansion Board...........................................................................29
Part 4.1: Expansion Board Introduction.............................................29
Part 4.2: VGA Display Interface.........................................................30
Part 4.3: HDMI Output Interface........................................................33
Part 4.4: HDMI Input Interface...........................................................35
Part 4.5: Video input interface...........................................................37
Part 4.6: Gigabit Ethernet Interface...................................................39
Part 4.7: ARM Controller ...................................................................42
Part 4.8: Camera Module Interface ...................................................49
Part 4.9: Expansion Header ..............................................................50
Part 4.10: JTAG Interface..................................................................52

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Part 4.11: Buttons..............................................................................53
Part 4.12: Power Supply....................................................................54

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Professional ALTERA FPGA Video Processing development platform
(module: AV4040) adopts the core board + expansion board mode, which is
convenient for users to use the core board for secondary development.
This FPGA video image processing development platform is derived from
the improvement of our company's ALTERA video development board AX822.
In terms of hardware design, we added HDMI input, CMOS Camera interface
and Micro in the original design. This greatly enriches the functions of the video
image processing board, not only satisfies the functions of FPGA video image
processing, but also provides network communication for video image storage
and video images. Therefore, this development platform can be called
"professional" and "all-round". Such a product is very suitable for students,
engineers and other groups engaged in FPGA video image processing or video
image communication and storage.

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Part 1: FPGA Development Board Introduction
The entire structure of the AV4040 FPGA development board is inherited
from our consistent core board + expansion board model. A high-speed
inter-board connector is used between the core board and the expansion
board.
The core board is mainly composed of FPGA+ 2DDR2+ FLASH. It
undertakes the core algorithm of video image processing, fully utilizes the
parallel processing capability of FPGA, and the high-speed data reading and
writing between FPGA and DDR2. The bandwidth of the whole system is up to
8.5Gb/s (266.7M*32bit); In addition, DDR2 capacity is up to 2Gbit, which meets
the need for high buffers during video processing. The selected FPGA is the
high-speed FPGA chip of EP4CE40F23C8 of ALTERA CYCLONE IVseries.
The FPGA is packaged in BGA484. The FPGA and two DDR2 chips are
connected to form a 32-bit bus width. The communication frequency between
FPGA and DDR2 is 133.3Mhz, and the internal frequency of DDR2 is
266.7Mhz. This high frequency and high bandwidth design fully meets the
needs of four 1080p video processing.

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ALTERA
EP4CE40F23
C8
ARM
DDR2
TW2867
视频
输入
接口
视频
输入
接口
视频
输入
接口
视频
输入
接口
ADV7123
VGA输出
SiI9134
HDMI输出
SiI9013
HDMI输入
RTL8211E
以太网网
口CMOS接口
CP2102
USB UART SD Card
40PIN Connector
DDR2
Figure 1-1-1: The Schematic Diagram of the AV4040
Through this diagram, you can see the interfaces and functions that the
AV4040 FPGA Development Board contains:
4-channel video input
Select Techwell TW2867, can input 4 composite video signals,
PAL/NTSC/SECAM automatic identification, output BT656,
multiplexable bus, FPGA-side demultiplexing, saving IO
1-channel VGA Output
The ADV7123, a three-channel, 10-bit DAC converter from Analog
Devices, supports RGB digital input and VGA output. Supports

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conversion rates up to 240MSPS, up to 1080p@60Hz video image
output
1-channel HDMI Output
Select Silion Image SIL9134 HDMI encoding chip, support up to
1080P@60Hz output, support 3D output.
1-channel HDMI Input
Select Silion Image SIL9013 HDMI decoder chip, support up to
1080P@60Hz input, support different formats of data output
1-channel 10/100M/1000M Ethernet with RJ-45 interface
The Gigabit Ethernet interface chip uses Realtek's RTL8211EG
Ethernet PHY chip to provide network communication services to users.
The RTL8211EG chip supports 10/100/1000 Mbps network
transmission rate;
1-channel CMOS Input
CMOS camera interface, can be connected to ALINX 5 megapixel
OV5640 camera module
On the FPGA expansion board, an ARM chip (STM32F103) is mounted on
the board, and each interface chip and FPGA on the board are configured
through I2C.
Part 2: Function realization
Part 2.1: Video Input
The video development board can input 4 composite video signals through
TW2867, PAL/NTSC/SECAM automatically recognizes and output BT656; or
through SIL9013, can input HDMI video signals; or through CMOS interface,
can input image signals acquired by CMOS camera. Therefore, there are many

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video sources available for development boards, such as:
1)Surveillance cameras
Through the FPGA development board, it is possible to realize
four-channel surveillance camera through the display (VGA/DVI/HDMI
interface, which can realize 1080p) for split-screen display. Our development
board is equivalent to the digital video host in the Figure below.
Figure 2-1-1: Split Screen Display Surveillance cameras
2)Set top box
The video source obtained by connecting the HDMI output of the set-top
box can be used to implement picture-in-picture (PIP) function through FPGA
development platform.

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Figure 2-1-2: Set top box
3)Camera Module
CMOS camera interface, plug in ALINX 30 megapixel camera module or 5
megapixel camera module, real-time display 1080P video image on VGA
display or HDMI display.
Figure 2-1-3: 5 megapixel camera module AN5640