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TABLE OF CONTENTS
	 LAST UPDATE - when was this project last updated?
	     LICENSE - what licensing is used in this project?
      RELEASES - what has changed?
	 DOWNLOADING - how do you acquire this project?
	 DESCRIPTION - why does this project exist?
	    CONTENTS - what is provided in this project?
	       USAGE - how do you use this project?
	REQUIREMENTS - what do you need to make use of this project?
	    SEE ALSO - other content or topics related to this project?


LAST UPDATE

Jan 6, 2022


LICENSE

This project is licensed under the MIT license.  Please see the 'LICENSE' text
file in the top level directory of the repository for license details.


RELEASES

v1.0.0 Initial public release
v1.1.0 Added support for Stratix 10 devices.


DOWNLOADING

This project is stored in the public repository named 'FPGA_IP_LVDS_Video', located at
https://github.com/intel/fpga_ip_lvds_video.  There are a number of ways that you can
download the contents of this project.

If you wish to download the entire repository, you can clone the repo using
'git', or download an archive of the repo using a web download utility like
'curl' or 'wget', or use the GitHub download GUI from a web browser.

To clone the project repo with 'git' use a command like this:

git clone https://github.com/intel/fpga_ip_lvds_video.git

To download an archive of the project with 'wget' or 'curl' use a command like
this:

wget https://github.com/intel/fpga_ip_lvds_video/archive/master.zip
curl https://github.com/intel/fpga_ip_lvds_video/archive/master.zip

This is the format of the URL for archive download:

https://github.com/intel/fpga_ip_lvds_video/archive/<BRANCH-NAME>.zip
https://github.com/intel/fpga_ip_lvds_video/archive/<TAG-NAME>.zip
https://github.com/intel/fpga_ip_lvds_video/archive/<COMMIT-HASH>.zip

You can download a specific archive of the project based on the branch name that
you would like to download, or the tag name of a commit point that you would
like to download, or the commit hash of the commit point that you would like to
download.  The branch name, tag name, or commit hash for any of these archive
points can be discovered by viewing the appropriate information on the GitHub
repository web page.


DESCRIPTION

LVDS (Low-Voltage Differential Signaling) is a common video interface found
in many applications.  An LVDS interface that was originally known as FPD-Link
from National was used back in the early 1990s.  National invented both FPD-Link
and LVDS.  Eventually TI second sourced it with their FlatLink family.  This
standard evolved to Open LDI (LVDS Display Interface) targeted at both Notebook
and Monitor displays.  It is a reduced pin count interface (compared to parallel
RGB888) and uses LVDS levels for lower EMI.  This interface is found as a common
video output on many sources, and is also used as inputs to many displays. 
Intel FPGAs and CPLDs can not only be used to economically interface with
OpenLDI devices, but to process the video data and perform countless other
system functions as well.  These interface blocks are designed to connect
seamlessly with the Video and Image Processing Suite (VIP Suite) Clocked Video
Input II (CVI) and Clocked Video Output II (CVO) components.


DOCUMENTATION

Official documentation for the LVDS Video Interface Intel® FPGA IP can be
found within the "docs" folder of the repository.


CONTENTS

The following objects appear in the top level directory of this project.

./docs
  This directory contains documentation for the IP.

./quartus
  This directory contains a basic example design which uses the LVDS Video
  Interface.  Its purpose is to demonstrate the interconnect to/from the
  Intel VIP clocked video components.

./source
  This directory contains all of the design files for the Multi-Rail Power
  Sequencer and Monitor design.


USAGE

Please refer to the user documentation, as well as the example design in the
./quartus directory for usage.  The source directory can either be contained
within a stand-alone project (as is done in the project archive), or copied
to a directory of library components and referenced by the Quartus project.
The "LVDS_VideoIP.doc" document contains details on how to parameterize,
simulate, and compile the design.


REQUIREMENTS

This project development began in the Quartus Prime 15.0 tools environment but
it should work fine in future tools releases as well.  Because this IP leverages
specific LVDS primitives, it has been developed to support the following device
families: Stratix V, Arria 10, Arria V, Arria V GZ, Cyclone IV, Cyclone IV E,
Cyclone V, MAX 10.


SEE ALSO

For more information about Platform Designer, please see this landing page on
Intel.com which points to numerous Platform Designer support resources including
documentation, training materials, tutorials, specifications, etc:
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/programmable/support/support-resources/design-software/qsys.html