Auto display mode switching Video


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I've just got a new project up on my WIki that might be of interest to Papilio Pro users. 

 

It is a VGA controller that 

 

* Accepts bursts of pixel data (so can be used with a Memory controller)

 

* Transparently  switches video clocks and timing for four video modes - 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x720.

 

To enable the mode switching all you have to do append a '1' to the first pixel of the frame when you write it to the fifo - it handles the rest.

 

You can find it at http://hamsterworks.co.nz/mediawiki/index.php/Async_VGA

 

I've also got an example of how to program a DCM_CLKGEN at http://hamsterworks.co.nz/mediawiki/index.php/FreqSwitch

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Hi Alvie,

 

Yes, you guessed it. It decouples the display from the memory subsystem.

 

So the design driving has logic that works something like:

 

if pixels_left_to_read  = 0 then 

  if  the display fifo is low then

      Issue a request for another x pixels from pixel_address;

      pixels_left_to_read <= x;

      if pixel_address = 1024 * 768 - x then 

         pixel_address <= 0;

         is_first_pixel <= '1';

      else

         pixel_address <= pixel_address + x;;

      end if;

  end if;

else

   if data has been received from memory then

     write memory data to the display fifo, with is_first_pixel appended to the MSB

     pixels_left_to_read <= pixels_left_to_read-1;

     is_first_pixel <= '0';

  end if;

end if;

 

All you have to do to change the video mode is replace  "1024 * 768 - x"  with  "640 * 480 - x" (or 800x600, or 1280x720), and it takes care of switching the pixel clock from 65MHz down to 25Mhz

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