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Video Encoding Via HDMI

Gilles Dridi

Posts 52
07 Jun 2019 20:01


Hello!
   
Recently it seems to me that this main board product is similar to Vamp4 standalone design :
   
EXTERNAL LINK   
   
Could encode camera captured video through DIGITAL-VIDEO onboard RX (interface): is it true? And /in extenso/ more than just traditional interlace and TV video standard compatibility.
   
Note that, I’m not affiliated to Terasic.
   
Best wishes Amiga and Vamp4 plain old all-DMA Amiga design... but new HDL abstract code! and new all-in-one single chip! (CPU/audio&video chipset/network) like a « full-featured » SoC ; even more advanced than traditional so-called SoC ; excepted as for the NXP P1022 !!
   
DGILLES


John William

Posts 563
08 Jun 2019 01:25


Gilles Dridi wrote:

  Hello!
     
  Recently it seems to me that this main board product is similar to Vamp4 standalone design :
     
  EXTERNAL LINK     
     
  Could encode camera captured video through DIGITAL-VIDEO onboard RX (interface): is it true? And /in extenso/ more than just traditional interlace and TV video standard compatibility.
     
  Note that, I’m not affiliated to Terasic.
     
  Best wishes Amiga and Vamp4 plain old all-DMA Amiga design... but new HDL abstract code! and new all-in-one single chip! (CPU/audio&video chipset/network) like a « full-featured » SoC ; even more advanced than traditional so-called SoC ; excepted as for the NXP P1022 !!
     
  DGILLES
 

 
 
  I have zero idea what you are just talking about...every single word up to and including "Hello!" went right above my head...wooooosh!!
 
  All I know is I can hardly wait for the ASIC Amiga version of Vampire to come out!! Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!


Gilles Dridi

Posts 52
08 Jun 2019 08:34


Hello!
 
You’re right !
 
To be clear, is there a way to plug a video monitor to the board?
 
The specs & interface indicates that there is only? video input (RX on schematic) but one can connect a touch panel, they said!
 
DGILLES
There will never be an ASIC version (except for X-project I suppose) because Vamp4 is « classified » retro-gaming or vintage ; never say never but in the case of ASIC, there ((could)) be intellectual property infringement.
« Could » because patent (brevet of invention) are exhausted in European property after 25 years but not in USA patents as far as I know they might be continuated - never say never to a lawyer !!


Andrew Miller

Posts 352
08 Jun 2019 08:45


As far as I am aware, the Apollo core is a completely new implementation its not a copy of other intellectual property.

The 68080 core is code compatible not a copy of a 68K chip, same for the chipset implementation in the V3 core, its only functionally compatible with OCS/ECS/AGA not a copy of it.

So there shouldnt be any issues with infringement.


Gilles Dridi

Posts 52
08 Jun 2019 08:50


Andrew Miller wrote:

As far as I am aware, the Apollo core is a completely new implementation its not a copy of other intellectual property.
 
  The 68080 core is code compatible not a copy of a 68K chip, same for the chipset implementation in the V3 core, its only functionally compatible with OCS/ECS/AGA not a copy of it.
 
  So there shouldnt be any issues with infringement.

Thanks for the post and detail explaination - I was almost totally out ...



Gilles Dridi

Posts 52
22 Jun 2019 22:49


Good evening,
 
So the Amiga was known for video processing, here is what’s lacking for digital video editing :

EXTERNAL LINK 

EXTERNAL LINK 

I’ m not affiliated with digilent, nor Xilinx : it is just an example of.
 
DG

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