Video Stream FIFO

R2026b

Control backpressure between hardware logic and upstream video interface

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Video Stream FIFO block

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Libraries:
SoC Blockset for AMD / SoC System Simulation / Hardware Logic Connectivity
HDL Coder / SoC System Simulation / Hardware Logic Connectivity

Description

The Video Stream FIFO block controls the back-pressure from the hardware logic to the upstream video interface. It also controls the flow between the upstream and downstream pixel data interfaces of hardware logic. Integrate this block as a configurable first-in, first-out (FIFO) block for AXI4 video stream applications. The block enables you to configure its depth and set its almost full threshold value.

Examples

Histogram Equalization Using Video Frame Buffer

Perform histogram equalization with HDMI input and output and using external memory for video frame buffering.

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Ports

Input

pixelIn — Input pixel data

scalar

Input pixel data from the data source. Specify this value as a scalar.

Data Types: single | double | int8 | int16 | int32 | int64 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32 | uint64 | fixed point

ctrlIn — Control signals accompanying input pixel data

pixelcontrol bus

Control signals accompanying the pixel stream, specified as a pixelcontrol bus containing five signals. The signals describe the validity of the pixel and its location in the frame.

Data Types: pixelcontrol

rdyFromDown — Ready signal from downstream interface

Boolean scalar

Control signal that indicates if the block can send pixel data to the downstream interface. When this value is 1 (true), the downstream interface is ready, and the block can send the pixel data. When this value is 0 (false), the downstream interface is not ready, and the block cannot send the pixel data.

Data Types: Boolean

Output

pixelOut — Output pixel data

scalar

Output pixel data to the downstream interface. The data type of this output data is the same as the data type of the input data.

Data Types: single | double | int8 | int16 | int32 | int64 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32 | uint64 | fixed point

ctrlOut — Control signals accompanying output pixel data

pixelcontrol bus

Control signals accompanying output pixel stream, returned as a pixelcontrol bus containing five signals. The signals describe the validity of the pixel and its location in the frame.

Data Types: pixelcontrol

rdyToUp — Ready signal to upstream interface

Boolean scalar

Control signal that indicates if the block is ready to receive pixel data from the upstream interface. When this value is 1 (true), the block is ready to accept pixel data from the upstream interface. When this value is 0 (false), the block is not ready to accept pixel data from the upstream interface.

Data Types: Boolean

Parameters

Depth of FIFO — FIFO depth

16 (default) | positive integer

Specify the depth of the FIFO. This value must be a positive scalar integer and is the maximum number of entries that can be buffered before data gets dropped.

Almost full threshold — Almost full threshold value

8 (default) | positive integer

Specify a value that asserts a back-pressure signal from the block to the data source.

To avoid dropping data, set a value allowing the data source enough time to react to backpressure. This value must be a positive integer and smaller than the FIFO depth.

Programmatic Use: Add Block

To add the block programmatically, use the add_block function with one of these library block paths as the source.

"hwlogicconnlib/Video Stream FIFO"

"hwlogicconnlib/Video Stream FIFO"

Example: add_block("hwlogicconnlib/Video Stream FIFO","myModel/myBlock",MakeNameUnique="on")

Extended Capabilities

HDL Code Generation

Generate VHDL, Verilog and SystemVerilog code for FPGA and ASIC designs using HDL Coder™.

To automatically generate HDL code for your design, and execute on an SoC device, use the SoC Builder tool. See Use SoC Builder to Generate SoC Design.

Fixed-Point Conversion
Design and simulate fixed-point systems using Fixed-Point Designer™.

Version History

Introduced in R2019a