Gibraltar™ 4K Formatter Hardware Reference Design
Download Product BriefThe Gibraltar™ 4K Formatter Hardware Reference Design enables high-performance display and imaging with the native 4K DMDs (1.38") from Texas Instruments Incorporated.
Top Features:
- Unlocks the full bandwidth (57+ Gbps) of the native 4K DMD (1.38")
- Designed for 3-chip 4K DLP® projection
- Ultra-HFR: 360 fps at native 4K resolution
- Advanced Gibraltar™ 4K Processing
- Modern Xilinx® FPGA and DDR memories
- High-speed multi-channel SerDes interface
Designed for 3-chip DLP® projection systems, the Gibraltar™ 4K Formatter design integrates a high-performance Xilinx FPGA and DDR3 memories to fully leverage Brass Roots Technologies’ advanced firmware-based GibraltarTM Processing architecture, which converts video and graphics input data into high fidelity, floating-point multi-toned PWM bit-planes for the native 4K DMD.
Incredibly high-bandwidth bottleneck-free processing supports sustained throughput at full DMD data rate (57 Gbps) and enables ultra-HFR display performance up to 360 frames per second at native 4K resolution.
A distinguishing feature of the Gibraltar™ 4K Formatter design is a high-bandwidth, multi-channel SerDes Input Data interface. A wide range of input data formats are flexibly supported with minor firmware reconfiguration of the SerDes receivers.
The Gibraltar™ 4K Formatter Hardware Reference Design is available to OEMs and Product Developers under license that also includes a commercial license to Brass Roots Technologies' advanced Gibraltar™ Processing technology. Please use the form on this page to Contact Us for more information.
- High-Bandwidth Input Interface
- 12x SerDes Input Data channels (60+ Gbps)
- 1x SerDes Control channel
- QSPI Flash Memory Interface
- I2C Peripheral Interface
- Xilinx™ Kintex®-7 FPGA (XC7K410T)
- Pixel Processing Clock Rate up to 300 MHz
- Firmware SerDes receivers reconfigurable to support a wide range of Input Data formats
- 50% FPGA resources remain available for User Firmware after Gibraltar™ 4K Processing firmware integration
- DDR3 SDRAM Memory
- 4x 16-bits @ 933 MHz DDR (119.4 Gbps Bandwidth)
- 4K Fusion DMD Interface
- 128-bits @ 225 MHz DDR (57.6 Gbps Bandwidth)
- Flash Memory (FPGA configuration)
- 128 Mbit accessed via QSPI
- Programmable Clock Generator (I2C)
- 4x Low-Jitter Output Clocks
- 12V DC Power Input
- Integrated voltage regulation for all hardware design components
The Gibraltar™ 4K Formatter Hardware Reference Design excels at high-performance and specialized display applications:
- Ultra-HFR: Native 4K @ 360 fps
- 4K Enhanced Motion Rendition
- 4K Multi-stage HDR
- 4K Auto-Stereo 3D
- Interactive Environments
- Augmented Reality
- Structured Lighting
- UV Lithography
- 3D Printing (UV)
- Enhanced Motion Rendition
- Direct-view Laser Illumination
The Gibraltar™ 4K Formatter Hardware Reference Design is available to OEMs and Product Developers under license that also includes a commercial license to Brass Roots Technologies' advanced Gibraltar™ Processing technology. Please use the form on this page to Contact Us for more information.