Introduction¶

This document describes Antmicro’s SDI to MIPI CSI-2 Video Converter, which uses a Lattice Crosslink-NX FPGA and an SDI deserializer to perform the conversion. SDI is a popular standard used in video broadcasting, while MIPI CSI-2 is a mobile/embedded camera standard that is directly supported by a wide range of SoCs. The SDI to MIPI CSI-2 Video Converter also provides on-board DDR3 memory for processing the captured stream.

Documentation structure¶

This documentation provides implementation details and usage instructions. It is divided into the following chapters:

• Hardware setup - description of the hardware, physical connections and configurations,

• Building the FPGA design - how to generate FPGA bitstreams for all available SDI signal configurations,

• Preparing the software - how to build and use a Linux BSP that supports the MIPI SDI Video Converter for Jetson Xavier NX,

• CMOS to D-PHY converter - detailed description of the CMOS to D-PHY IP Core.