Prerequisites

What you need, depends on what you are trying to do. As a minimum, you need to start out with:

Hardware prerequisites

1. One of the ADV7511-equipped evaluation boards:

   • Artix-7 AC701

   • Kintex-7 KC705

   • Virtex-7 VC707

   • Zynq ZC702

   • Zynq ZC706

   • ZedBoard

   The ADV7511 HDMI transmitter is integrated on-board these evaluation platforms.

2. Some way to interact with the FPGA platform:

   1. For the ARM/FPGA SoC platforms (ZC702, ZC706, ZED), this normally includes:

      • HDMI monitor (to view the output)

      • USB Keyboard

      • USB Mouse

      • UART cable (for serial console, baud rate 115200)

   2. For the FPGA-only solutions (AC701, KC705, VC707), this includes:

      • HDMI monitor (to view the output)

      • JTAG cable (for programming)

      • UART cable (for serial console, baud rate 115200)

      • Host PC (Windows or Linux)

3. Internet connection (without proxies makes things much easier) to download the necessary files and update scripts/binaries.

4. HDMI Monitor (required for display output)

5. An SD card with at least 16GB of memory (for Zynq platforms using Linux)

Software prerequisites

Normally, for basic functionalities regarding HDMI video output and software development, you will need the following:

For no-OS:

Regarding the project:

The no-OS software reference design uses the ADV7511 Transmitter Library, which provides APIs for configuring the HDMI TX hardware without low-level register access. The library also provides interrupt service routines, HDCP high-level control, and status information.

The no-OS driver performs the following:

1. Initializes the HDMI core

2. Initializes the ADV7511

3. Transmits to an HDMI monitor an image whose resolution can be changed by typing a number from 0 to 6 in the terminal

4. Transmits audio to the HDMI monitor

• projects/adv7511

For development:

1. ADV7511 HDMI Transmitter Library (Windows executable - requires Wine on Linux)

2. AMD Xilinx Vivado and Vitis (if building from source)

3. UART terminal (Putty/Tera Term/Minicom, etc.) - baud rate 115200 (8N1)

For Linux (Zynq platforms):

Note

If on Linux you would need Wine or similar compatibility layers for Windows to install the ADV7511 HDMI Transmitter Library.

Regarding the project:

The ADV7511 Linux driver is implemented as a DRM (Direct Rendering Manager) encoder bridge driver. In a typical board design the ADV7511 is used as an HDMI encoder frontend for a SoC or FPGA with a graphics core. Implementing the driver as a DRM bridge allows it to be reused across different platforms.

The driver also supports audio via HDMI by implementing an ASoC codec driver, enabling reuse across a variety of platforms.

The driver is mainlined in the Linux kernel:

• DRM bridge driver

Supported devices:

• ADV7511

• ADV7511W

• ADV7513

• ADV7533

• ADV7535

Kernel Configuration:

The ADV7511 driver depends on CONFIG_DRM and CONFIG_I2C. Enable it under:

Device Drivers  --->
    Graphics support  --->
        <*> Direct Rendering Manager  --->
        ...
        <*> ADV7511 encoder

For development:

1. Kuiper Linux image (for SD card)

2. AMD Xilinx Vivado and Vitis (if building from source)

3. UART terminal (Putty/Tera Term/Minicom, etc.) - baud rate 115200 (8N1)

Note

ADI does not offer FPGA carrier platforms for sale or loan; getting one yourself is the normal part of development or evaluation.