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SDI Video Solution for PolarFire® FPGAs

Bridging SDI and HDMI^®2.0 Video Formats Using PolarFire^®

Our SDI video solution is a single, dynamic PolarFire^® FPGA IP and reference design that supports 1.5G to 12G SDI and 4K60 resolutions. It has been developed fully in-house for reliable, low-latency video transport and conversion. It gives customers a compact, production-ready building block for professional broadcast and vision applications.

We also offer an SDI-to-HDMI^® video conversion solution supporting HDMI 2.0, up to 12G SDI and 4K60 formats, enabling seamless, real-time SDI-to-HDMI translation. This solution is an excellent choice for video pipelines, monitoring setups, demos and other applications that need deterministic, high-quality 4K60 video conversion.

Supported Families and IP Licensing Requirements

Features	SDI Rx	SDI Tx
Supported Families	PolarFire^® FPGAs and PolarFire SoC FPGAs	PolarFire^® FPGAs and PolarFire SoC FPGAs
Licensing Requirements	Free to use: The encrypted IP and Libero^® Silver licenses are available at no cost. Click here to learn about Libero licensing.	Free to use: The encrypted IP and Libero^® Silver licenses are available at no cost. Click here to learn about Libero licensing.
RTL	Contact us	Contact us
Key IP Features	Learn more about SDI Rx IP	Learn more about SDI Tx IP

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Summary

Evaluation Options	Kits Required	Short Description	Additional Requirements	Supported Families
SDI-to-HDMI^® video conversion	PolarFire^®Video Kit + SDI FMC	SDI-to-HDMI 4K60 converter with dynamic rate support and audio passthrough for real-time video translation	SDI source, HDMI monitor	PolarFire FPGA, PolarFire SoC FPGA
HDMI-to-SDI video conversion	PolarFire Video Kit + SDI FMC	HDMI-to-SDI 4K60 converter with dynamic rate support and audio passthrough for seamless real-time video translation	SDI monitor, HDMI source	PolarFire FPGA, PolarFire SoC FPGA

Evaluation Options

Kits Required

Short Description

Additional Requirements

Supported Families

SDI-to-HDMI^® video conversion

PolarFire^®Video Kit + SDI FMC

SDI-to-HDMI 4K60 converter with dynamic rate support and audio passthrough for real-time video translation

SDI source, HDMI monitor

PolarFire FPGA, PolarFire SoC FPGA

HDMI-to-SDI video conversion

PolarFire Video Kit + SDI FMC

HDMI-to-SDI 4K60 converter with dynamic rate support and audio passthrough for seamless real-time video translation

SDI monitor, HDMI source

PolarFire FPGA, PolarFire SoC FPGA

SDI-to-HDMI Video Conversion
HDMI-to-SDI Video Conversion

SDI-to-HDMI Video Conversion on PolarFire FPGAs

Automatically detects and adapts to various SDI data rates (1.5G, 3G, 6G and 12G) and input resolutions (such as 720p50/30, 1080p and 4K)
Dynamically reconfigures in real time to enable seamless video output on the HDMI sink without manual intervention or system reset

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HDMI-to-SDI Video Conversion on PolarFire FPGAs

Automatically detects and adapts to various HDMI input resolutions
Dynamically reconfigures, in real time, to video output on the SDI sink
Supports multiple SDI data rates (1.5G, 3G, 6G and 12G) without manual intervention or system reset