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[kumar.anand743@gmail.com]

Hi,

I was looking for a DVI/VGA to HDMI adaptar so that I can source an input video through the DISPLAY PORT Peripheral to ML605 board.

I have found one on this link http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=104&cp_id=10419&cs_id=1041902&p_id=2080&seq=1&for....

Is it recommended to buy the above adaptar ?

Thank you.

[eteam00]

Kumar,

What does this mean:  so that I can source an input video through the DISPLAY PORT Peripheral to ML605 board

-- Bob Elkind

[kumar.anand743@gmail.com]

Hi Bob,

I was referring to the DVI I/O FMC module of this link : http://www.em.avnet.com/en-us/design/drc/Pages/DVI-IO-FMC-Module.aspx 

[kumar.anand743@gmail.com]

Hi sorry I may have wrongly referred to it as "DISPLAY PORT PERIPHERAL" !!!

[eteam00]

Did you read the hardware guide for the DVI I/O FMC module to learn what connectors are on the board?

Do you know what connector you are trying to mate with this module?

-- Bob Elkind

[kumar.anand743@gmail.com]

Hi Bob,

What I understand is that it has DVI D input/output with HDMI Connectors.

But I have a graphics card through which I need to gather input into the FPGA. It can be connected through a DVI Connector. So I was thinking of using a DVI - HDMI bridge so that I could read the data into the module through DVI FMC I/O from the graphics card of the system.

[eteam00 · Accepted solution]

What I understand is that it has DVI D input/output with HDMI Connectors.

Yes.  HDMI connectors on source or sink devices are all female.

But I have a graphics card through which I need to gather input into the FPGA. It can be connected through a DVI Connector.

Here are the connectors you need on ends of the cable between the video card output and the Avnet add-on board.

• The DVI end is called DVI-D Single Link Male
• The HDMI end is called HDMI Male

This image below shows the video output connector you have on your video card, right?

This is called DVI-D Single Link Female.

-- Bob Elkind

[eteam00 · Accepted solution]

What I understand is that it has DVI D input/output with HDMI Connectors.

Yes.  HDMI connectors on source or sink devices are all female.

But I have a graphics card through which I need to gather input into the FPGA. It can be connected through a DVI Connector.

Here are the connectors you need on ends of the cable between the video card output and the Avnet add-on board.

• The DVI end is called DVI-D Single Link Male
• The HDMI end is called HDMI Male

This image below shows the video output connector you have on your video card, right?

This is called DVI-D Single Link Female.

-- Bob Elkind

[kumar.anand743@gmail.com]

Hi Bob,

Thanks for the suggestion. Is it also possible that if I have a VGA source, can I use a DVI - VGA bridge on the DVI-D SINGLE LINK MALE END of the Connector you have suggested ? Will there be signal integrity issues ?

[eteam00]

VGA is analogue only.  The DVI connector can simultaneously carry both analogue and digital video signals, on separate sets of connector pins.  The DVI analogue interface is called DVI-A.  There are very inexpensive adapters to mate the DVI-A analogue signal pins to a VGA connection.  These adapters do not convert analogue video to digital video.  The video is analogue only through such adapters.

However, the Avnet video board does not support any form of analogue video.  You should read the hardware guide for the Avnet board.  It's a short document.

If you want to convert analogue video to digital video, there are converters which cost about $50 US.

-- Bob Elkind

[kumar.anand743@gmail.com]

Thank you Bob