Sony's next-generation CMOS image sensor interface realized with FPGA
Overview
SLVS-EC Rx IP is an IP for realizing SLVS-EC reception in Intel® FPGA. SLVS-EC is a high-speed serial interface standard for high-resolution CMOS image sensors proposed by Sony.
This standard employs an Embedded Clock that embeds a clock in pixel data, enabling board design without being aware of the skew that occurs between lanes. Therefore, it is advantageous for high-speed and long-distance transmission.
Features
- Compatible with SLVS-EC Specification Version 1.2/2.0
- Implements various functions defined by SLVS-EC Link layer (Physical layer is implemented by Intel® PCS/PMA)
- Supports Byte to Pixel conversion in various lane configurations
- Includes header parsing and payload error detection
specification
| function | Specifications |
| Number of Lanes | 1、2、4、6、8 |
| Baud Grade | 1、2、3※ |
| Bit per pixel | 8、10、12、14、16 |
| CRC | Limited* |
| ECC | Option 1 |
| Embedded data | Supported |
| Dynamic Mode Change | Supported |
| Multiple streams | If needed |
* Baud Grade 3 is supported only for 10 series or later
* CRC may not satisfy the operating frequency depending on the speed grade and number of lanes of the FPGA used.
* Please contact our sales department for unsupported IP functions and restrictions.
corresponding device
- Cyclone® V-GX
- Cyclone® 10GX
- Arria® 10 GX
- Stratix® 10 (L-Tile/H-Tile)
(*Please contact our sales department for the compatibility status of other devices.)
Offerings
- Cryptographic RTL (Verilog HDL)
- Reference design
- Simulation environment (for Modelsim)
- User's Manual, Reference Manual, Simulation Manual
logic resource
It becomes a circuit configuration including Transceiver with 8 lane configuration.
| Items | Cyclone® V-GX | Arria® 10 GX | ||
| w/o ECC | w/ECC | w/o ECC | w/ECC | |
| ALMs | 4711 | 8242 | 3930 | 7555 |
| Total Registers | 4328 | 6664 | 3778 | 6079 |
| Total block memory bits | 4096 | 13312 | 2560 | 11776 |
* The above value is an approximate value of the circuit scale with the total of 8Lane Full Configurable and IP + Transceiver. It may vary depending on the customer's system configuration.
Evaluation/demo environment
This IP can be evaluated and demonstrated using our EasyMVC Machine Vision Camera Development Kit.