Pattern generator, Pattern generator –11 – Altera Cyclone V SoC User Manual
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Chapter 5: Board Test System
5–11
Using the Board Test System
November 2013
Altera Corporation
Cyclone V SoC Development Kit
User Guide
Pattern Generator
This control specifies the test pattern to output to the monitor. The following choices
are available:
Pattern
■
Color bar
—Specifies a video color bar pattern with eight vertical color bars as
shown in table
Table 5–1
.
■
Pathological
—Specifies a video color bar pattern with two horizontal color bars
that stresses the receive PLL.
■
PRBS
—Specifies a pseudo-random bit sequence useful for electrical testing of the
interface for data integrity.
Intensity
Specifies the color intensity of the transmitted color bar pattern. The following choices
are available.
■
75%
—Specifies 75% intensity.
■
100%
—Specifies 100% intensity.
SDI Standard
Specifies the video standard used by the pattern generator on the SDI video stream.
The following choices are available:
■
SD
—Specifies a 270 Mbps data rate.
■
HD
—Specifies a 1.485 Gbps data rate.
■
3G HD
—Specifies a 2.97 Gbps data rate.
Clock Source
Specifies the clock used by the SDI PLL to lock onto. The following choices are
available:
■
Lock to host
—Locks the SDI PLL to the local reference on the Cyclone V SoC
Development board.
■
Lock to input
—Locks the SDI PLL to the SDI video data input.
Table 5–1. HDMI Color Bar Test Pattern
Color Bars
Color
RGB Values
White/Grey
180,180,180
Yellow
180,180,16
Cyan
16,180,180
Green
16,180,16
Magenta
180,16,180
Red
180,16,16
Blue
16,16,180
Black
16,16,16