EB-GS2972
Evaluation Board User Guide
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May 2012
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Overview
Together with the EB-GS2972 Evaluation Board, this document serves as a guide for
evaluating the GS2972, a Gennum 3Gb/s, HD, SD SDI Transmitter. This document
contains four main sections:
1. Evaluation Board User Guide.
2. Evaluation Board Schematics.
3. Evaluation Board Layout.
4. Evaluation Board Bill of Materials.
The figure
below shows a block diagram of the features and the functions of the
EB-GS2972.
The board includes a power supply, 2 SDI output ports, a GS2972 Transmitter, a parallel
video input connector, an audio input with four BNCs for AES audio, an optional
four-pin header for serial audio, an audio conditioning block, a JTAG/GSPI header, a dip
switch and some status indicator LEDs.
The GS2972 can be configured in SD-SDI, HD-SDI, 3G-SDI or DVB-ASI mode. This may
be selected manually through a DIP switch. The serialized video is available on the SDI
output BNC connectors.
The EB-GS2972 also provides a JTAG interface and access to the GS2972’s internal
registers via GSPI and USB. A GSPI dongle is included in the kit, to communicate with the
GS2972 and Sample Rate Converters (SRCs) through a USB connection.The GSPI dongle
has the provision to control and monitor an additional EB-GS2970 board connected to
the EB-GS2972.
Summary of Contents for EB-GS2972
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