DLPC3433: Inquiries about DSI PHY Timing parameters.

yeon.lee

Part Number: DLPC3433

Hi,

Qualcomm provides an Excel sheet for DSI timing calculation.
However, it is difficult to understand how the parameters appearing there are related to the contents of the ti dlpc3433 datasheet.
Please let me know what name to look for when looking for each item below in the dlpc3433 datasheet.

T_CLK_ZERO

T_CLK_PREPARE

T_CLK_TRAIL

T_HS_EXIT

T_HS_ZERO

T_HS_PREPARE

T_HS_TRAIL

T_HS_RQST

T_TA_SURE, T_TA_GO

T_TA_GET

T_CLK_PRE

T_CLK_POST

Thanks.
Yeon.

over 2 years ago

0 Mayank Khandelwal over 2 years ago

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Hello Yeon,

The team will get back to you with more information soon.

Regards,

Mayank

0 Austin Snyder over 2 years ago in reply to Mayank Khandelwal

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Hello Yeon,

Please refer to the DSI Setup and Debugging Guide page. Page 8 of the guide in particular should be of use to you.

Regards,

Austin

0 yeon.lee over 2 years ago in reply to Austin Snyder

Prodigy 30 points

Hi Austin,

I have already read the document.
But I didn't understand how each element was calculated.
So, I would like to ask questions one by one about the parts I do not understand.

1. What is Line Time and how I can calculate it?

2. DSI Lane clock is HS clock?

3. How can I know T_HS_Prepare is 76ns or T_HS_Zero is 400ns?
According to dlpc3433's datasheet, the only information in the DSI host timing requirements is T_HS_Prepare + T_HS_Zero >= 465ns
(if HS clock is 210Mhz), so you need to know the T_HS_Prepare or T_HS_Zero value first to get the rest, but I don't know how to do that.

4. How can I know Clock edge is dual?
According to the "7167.DSI-HSClock.xlsx" file posted by Cody Smith at
DLPC3433: Setup for Qualcomm DSI host - DLP products forum - DLP®︎ products - TI E2E support forums.
Clock edge is dual. I couldn't find it explicitly in the datasheet. What can I infer?

5. I wonder how I can calculate or find other HS and clk related values.
If you answer the questions above, I will ask you the following questions in turn.

Best Regards.
Yeon.

0 Maxine Cabrasawan over 2 years ago in reply to yeon.lee

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Hello Yeon,

Thank you for your questions. We will get back to you within the next few days with our responses. We thank you for your patience.

Best,

Maxine

0 Maximus Rusi over 2 years ago in reply to Maxine Cabrasawan

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Hello Yeon,

To answer your questions:

1. Line time is the period of your pixel clock.

2. Yes, DSI Lane Clock is the HS clock.

3.These timings are set by the host sending data over DSI. You should be able to configure these timings such that they are meet the controller's minimum specifications.

4.The clock edge should always be dual when configuring for the dlpc.

5.I have attached an excel sheet that allows you to calculate new timings, this should help you make sure any new timing configurations do not violate any minimum or maximums.

Best,

Maximus

5482.DSI-HSClock.xlsx

0 yeon.lee over 2 years ago in reply to Maximus Rusi

Prodigy 30 points

Hi Maximus,

Thank you for the detailed explanation.

I have read the document you shared.
The blank values(HPW, HBP, HFP, VPW, VBP, VFP) and T HS Prepare, T HS Zero, T SH Settle were written by human, NOT calculated.
So I would like to know how to determine those values.

In other words, there are active width(840), height(480), and blank values in the DSI Setup and Debugging Guide v1.0.pdf file. When using different widths (1280)and heights(720), how should the blank values be determined, and how should the values related to T HS be determined? I wonder if they do it.

Best,
Yeon.

0 Maximus Rusi over 2 years ago in reply to yeon.lee

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Hello Yeon,

I think there may be some confusion here. You would configure the DSI host (what is sending the DSI data) to follow certain timings. These timings must also be compatible with the DLP controller (hence the min/max throughout the excel sheet). As you change each of the yellow boxes in the excel sheet this will calculate your DSI HS Clock which you need to program into the DLP controller. Then based on the DSI HS clock you can test different Dphy timings and make sure they are also okay.

Best,

Maximus

0 yeon.lee over 2 years ago in reply to Maximus Rusi

Prodigy 30 points

Hi Maximus,

What you're saying is that I just need to set the yellow cell to a value that doesn't exceed the specifications in the data sheet and then assign the DSI HS clock calculated there to the dsi transmitter and receiver together?

Best Regards.
Yeon.

0 Maximus Rusi over 2 years ago in reply to yeon.lee

TI__Expert 7105 points

Hi Yeon,

Essentially yes, you want to configure the dsi transmitter with each of the settings shown in Figures 9,10, and 11 from the DSI Setup and Debugging Guide. The calculator I sent allows you to quickly test and calculate new timings by changing each of the yellow cells. Each of the yellow cells will be the timings the DSI transmitter uses to send video. The DSI HS Clock is then calculated from those timings and that is the clock the DLP Controller will use to receive data.

Best,

Maximus

0 yeon.lee over 2 years ago in reply to Maximus Rusi

Prodigy 30 points

Hi Maximus,

Yes, I'll check it.

Best.

Yeon.