VIP - Communication between Frame buffer and SDRAM

[Johnious]

Hello.
I'm new to VIP suite. I would like to design a chain that consists of CVI -> Clipper -> Scaler (Upscale) -> Frame buffer -> CVO.

The frame buffer is needed for frame conversion from 50 Hz to 60 Hz. I have two questions.

1) Which selection should i enable in order to configure the input and output frame rate? run-time writer control, or run-time reader control?

2) I see that the buffer has 2 channels for memory, one for reading and one for writing. How do I manage the controller since the DRAM is single port? Does the buffer request to read and write at the same time or sequentially?

Thanks in advance.

[AdzimZM_Intel]

Hi Johnious,

The Frame Buffer IP has two basic blocks which are Writer and Reader.

Memory Writer block will receive the input and perform write transfer to memory.

Memory Reader block will perform read transfer from memory and process it for the output.

The run-time writer control needs to turn on when the module is Frame Writer Only.

The run-time reader control needs to turn on when the module is Frame Reader Only.

The read and write transaction will be done sequentially.

There is an Arbitration Logic that manage the transaction for fairness-based, round-robin order.

This protocol will allow equal share for both Read and Write transfer.

I hope that your questions have been addressed.

Please let me know if you still have further question on this topic

Thanks.

Regards,

Adzim

[Johnious · Accepted solution]

Thanks for the answer. Eventually the frame buffer worked.

I used the SDRAM controller IP and I just connected both read and write channels to the controller input, so the platform designer made the necessary arbitration logic.

[AdzimZM_Intel]

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