Altera Serial Digital Interface (SDI) MegaCore Function - Manual (Page 10)

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General Description
Serial Digital Interface (SDI) MegaCore Function February 2013 Altera Corporation
User Guide
■ Dual standard support for 270-Mbps and 1.5-Gbps SDI
■ Triple standard support for 270-Mbps, 1.5-Gbps, and 3-Gbps SDI
■ SMPTE425M Level A support (direct source image formatting)
■ SMPTE425M Level B support (dual link mapping)
Table 1–5 lists the SDI standard support for various devices.
Table 1–5. SDI Standard Support (1)
Device Family
SDI Standard
SD-SDI HD-SDI 3G-SDI HD-SDI Dual Link (2) Dual Standard Triple Standard
Arria GX v v v v v v
Arria II GX v v v v v v
Arria V v v v v v v
Cyclone v — — — — —
Cyclone II v — — — — —
Cyclone III v — — — — —
Cyclone IV GX
(EP4CGX15,
EP4CGX30)
v
— — — — —
Cyclone IV GX
(EP4CGX30 (F484),
EP4CGX50,
EP4CGX75,
EP4CGX110,
EP4CGX150)
v v v v v v
Cyclone V (3) v v v v v v
HardCopy IV GX v v v v v v
Stratix v — — — — —
Stratix GX v v — v v —
Stratix II v — — — — —
Stratix II GX v v v v v v
Stratix III v — — — — —
Stratix IV (4) v v v v v v
Stratix V (4) v v v v v v
Notes to Table 1–5 :
(1) All standards, other than SD-SDI, require a transceiver based or “GX” device.
(2) The HD-SDI dual link supports timing difference up to 40 ns between link A and link B, fulfilling the SMPTE372M requirement.
(3) The 3G-SDI standard is not supported in Cyclone V devices with transceiver speed grade 7, due to the excessive data rate required. For more
information about the Cyclone V device, refer to the Overview for Cyclone V Device Family chapter in volume 1 of the Cyclone V Device
Handbook.
(4) Only Stratix IV and Stratix V variants with transceivers support all SDI rates.