LM1237 150 MHz I2C Compatible RGB Preamplifier with Internal 254 Character OSD and 4 DACs General Description The LM1237 pre-amp is an integrated CMOS CRT preamp. It has an I2C compatible interface which allows control of all the parameters necessary to directly setup and adjust the gain and contrast in the CRT display. Brightness and bias can be controlled through the DAC outputs which are well matched to the LM2479 and LM2480 integrated bias clamp ICs. The LM1237 preamp is also designed to be compatible with the LM246x high gain driver family. Black level clamping of the video signal is carried out directly on the AC coupled input signal into the high impedance preamplifier input, thus eliminating the need for additional clamp capacitors. Horizontal and vertical blanking of the outputs is provided. Vertical blanking is optional and its duration is register programmable. The IC is packaged in an industry standard 24 lead DIP molded plastic package. Features n I2C compatible microcontroller interface n Internal 254 character OSD usable as either (a) 190 2-color plus 64 4-color characters, (b) 318 2-color characters, or (c) some combination in between. n OSD override allows OSD messages to override video and the use of burn-in screens with no video input n 4 DAC outputs (8-bit resolution) for bus controlled CRT bias and brightness n Spot killer which blanks the video outputs when VCC falls below the specified threshold n Suitable for use with discrete or integrated clamp, with software configurable brightness mixer n H and V blanking (V blanking is optional and has register programmable width) n Power Saving Mode with 80% power reduction n Matched to LM246x driver and LM2479/80 drivers Applications n Low end 15" and 17" bus controlled monitors with OSD n 1024x768 displays up to 85 Hz requiring OSD capability n Very low cost systems with LM246x driver Block and Connection Diagram 20023401 FIGURE 1. Order Number LM1237AAF/NA See NS Package Number N24D (c) 2002 National Semiconductor Corporation DS200234 www.national.com LM1237 150 MHz I2C Compatible RGB Preamplifier with Internal 254 Character OSD and 4 DACs September 2002 LM1237 Absolute Maximum Ratings (Notes 1, 3) If Military/Aerospace specified devices are required, please contact the National Semiconductor Sales Office/ Distributors for availability and specifications. Supply Voltage, Pins 15 and 19 ESD Susceptibility (Note 4) 6.0V 1.5 mA Power Dissipation (PD) (Above 25C Derate Based on JA and TJ) Thermal Resistance to case (JC) Junction Temperature (TJ) -65C to +150C Lead Temperature (Soldering, 10 sec.) 0.0 < VIN < 1.2V Video Inputs (pk-pk) Thermal Resistance to Ambient (JA) 350V Storage Temperature VCC +0.5 > VIN > -0.5V Voltage at Any Input Pin (VIN) 3.5 kV ESD Machine Model (Note 13) Peak Video DC Output Source Current (Any One Amp) Pins 18, 19 or 20 265C Operating Ratings (Note 2) 51C/W 2.4W Temperature Range 0C to +70C Supply Voltage VCC 4.75V < VCC < 5.25V Video Inputs (pk-pk) 0.0V < VIN < 1.0V 32C/W 150C Video Signal Electrical Characteristics Unless otherwise noted: TA = 25C, VCC = +5.0V, VIN = 0.70 VP-P, VABL = VCC, CL = 8 pF, Video Outputs = 2.0 VP-P. Setting numbers refer to the definitions in Table 1. See Note 7 for Min and Max parameters and Note 6 for Typicals. Typ Max Units IS Symbol Supply Current Parameter Test Setting 1, both supplies, no output loading. See Note 8. Conditions Min 170 225 mA IS-PS Supply Current, Power Save Mode Test Setting 1, both supplies, no output loading. See Note 8. 60 82 mA VO BLK Active Video Black Level Output Voltage Test Setting 4, no AC input signal, DC offset (register 0x8438 set to 0xd5). 1.2 VDC 100 mVDC 4.4 V 5 % 3.1 ns 2 % 2.9 ns VO BLK STEP Active Video Black Level Step Size Test Setting 4, no AC input signal. VO Max Maximum Video Output Voltage Test Setting 3, Video in = 0.70 VP-P LE Linearity Error Test Setting 4, staircase input signal (see Note 9). tr Video Rise Time Note 5, 10% to 90%, Test Setting 4, AC input signal. OSR Rising Edge Overshoot Note 5, Test Setting 4, AC input signal. tf Video Fall Time Note 5, 90% to 10%, Test Setting 4, AC input signal. OSF Falling Edge Overshoot Note 5, Test Setting 4, AC input signal. 2 % BW Channel bandwidth (-3 dB) Note 5, Test Setting 4, AC input signal. 150 MHz VSEP 10 kHz Video Amplifier 10 kHz Isolation Note 14, Test Setting 8. -60 dB VSEP 10 MHz Video Amplifier 10 MHz Isolation Note 14, Test Setting 8. AV Max Maximum Voltage Gain Test Setting 8, AC input signal. AV C-50% Contrast Attenuation @ 50% Test Setting 5, AC input signal. AV Min/AV Max Maximum Contrast Attenuation in dB Test Setting 2, AC input signal. 4.0 3.8 -50 dB 4.2 V/V -5.2 dB -20 dB AV G-50% Gain Attenuation @ 50% Test Setting 6, AC input signal. AV G-Min Maximum Gain Attenuation Test Setting 7, AC input signal. -10 AV Match Maximum Gain Match between channels Test Setting 3, AC input signal. 0.5 www.national.com 2 -3.6 dB dB dB (Continued) Unless otherwise noted: TA = 25C, VCC = +5.0V, VIN = 0.70 VP-P, VABL = VCC, CL = 8 pF, Video Outputs = 2.0 VP-P. Setting numbers refer to the definitions in Table 1. See Note 7 for Min and Max parameters and Note 6 for Typicals. Symbol AV Track Parameter Gain Change between channels Conditions Min Typ Tracking when changing from Test Setting 8 to Test Setting 5. See Note 11. 0.5 Max Units dB VABL TH ABL Control Range upper limit Note 12, Test Setting 4, AC input signal. 4.8 V VABL Range ABL Gain Reduction Range Note 12, Test Setting 4, AC input signal. 2.8 V AV 3.5/AV Max ABL Gain Reduction at 3.5V Note 12, Test Setting 4, AC input signal. VABL = 3.5V -3 dB AV 2.0/AV Max ABL Gain Reduction at 2.0V Note 12, Test Setting 4, AC input signal. VABL = 2.0V -11 dB IABL Active ABL Input bias current during ABL Note 12, Test Setting 4, AC input signal. VABL = VABL MIN GAIN IABL Max ABL input current sink capability Note 12, Test Setting 4, AC input signal. VABL Max Maximum ABL Input voltage during clamping Note 12, Test Setting 4, AC input signal. IABL = IABL MAX AV ABL Track ABL Gain Tracking Error Note 9, Test Setting 4, 0.7 VP-P input signal, ABL voltage set to 4.5V and 2.5V. 10 1.0 Minimum Input resistance pins 5, 6, Test Setting 4. 7. RIP A mA VCC + 0.1 V 4.5 % 20 M OSD Electrical Characteristics Unless otherwise noted: TA = 25C, VCC = +5.0V. See Note 7 for Min and Max parameters and Note 6 for Typicals. Symbol Parameter Conditions Min Typ Max Units VOSDHIGH max Maximum OSD Level with OSD Contrast 11 Palette Set at 111, OSD Contrast = 11, Test Setting 3 3.8 V VOSDHIGH 10 Maximum OSD Level with OSD Contrast 10 Palette Set at 111, OSD Contrast = 10, Test Setting 3 3.1 V VOSDHIGH 01 Maximum OSD Level with OSD Contrast 01 Palette Set at 111, OSD Contrast = 01, Test Setting 3 2.4 V VOSDHIGH 00 Maximum OSD Level with OSD Contrast 00 Palette Set at 111, OSD Contrast = 00, Test Setting 3 1.7 V VOSD (Black) Difference between OSD Black Register 08=0x18, Input Video = Level and Video Black Level (same Black, Same Channel, Test Setting channel) 8 20 mV 3 % 3 % VOSD (White) VOSD-out (Track) Output Match between Channels Palette Set at 111, OSD Contrast = 11, Maximum difference between R, G and B Output Variation between Channels OSD contrast varied from max to min DAC Output Electrical Characteristics Unless otherwise noted: TA = 25C, VCC = +5.0V, VIN = 0.7V, VABL = VCC, CL = 8 pF, Video Outputs = 2.0 VP-P. See Note 7 for Min and Max parameters and Note 6 for Typicals. DAC parameters apply to all 4 DACs. Symbol VMin DAC Parameter Min output voltage of DAC Conditions Register Value = 0x00 3 Min Typ Max Units 0.5 0.7 V www.national.com LM1237 Video Signal Electrical Characteristics LM1237 DAC Output Electrical Characteristics (Continued) Unless otherwise noted: TA = 25C, VCC = +5.0V, VIN = 0.7V, VABL = VCC, CL = 8 pF, Video Outputs = 2.0 VP-P. See Note 7 for Min and Max parameters and Note 6 for Typicals. DAC parameters apply to all 4 DACs. Min Typ VMax DAC Mode 00 Symbol Max output voltage of DAC Parameter Register Value = 0xFF, DCF[1:0] = 00b Conditions 3.7 4.2 V VMax DAC Mode 01 Max output voltage of DAC in DCF mode 01 Register Value = 0xFF, DCF[1:0] = 01b 1.85 2.35 V VMax DAC (Temp) Variation in voltage of DAC with temperature 0 < T < 70C ambient 0.5 mV/C VMax DAC (VCC) Variation in voltage of DAC with VCC 4.75 < VCC < 5.25V 50 mV/V Linearity Linearity of DAC over its range Monotonicity Monotonicity of the DAC IMAX Max Load Current Excluding dead zones Max Units 5 % 0.5 LSB -1.0 1.0 mA System Interface Signal Characteristics Unless otherwise noted: TA = 25C, VCC = +5.0V, VIN = 0.7V, VABL = VCC, CL = 8 pF, Video Outputs = 2.0 VP-P. See Note 7 for Min and Max parameters and Note 6 for Typicals. DAC parameters apply to all 4 DACs. Symbol Parameter Conditions VVTH+ VFLYBACK positive switching guarantee. Vertical Blanking triggered VSPOT Spot Killer Voltage Note 17, VCC Adjusted to Activate Min Typ Max 2.0 Units V 3.4 3.9 4.25 1.45 V VRef VRef Output Voltage 1.25 1.65 V VIL (SCL, SDA) Logic Low Input Voltage -0.5 1.5 V VIH (SCL, SDA) Logic High Input Voltage 3.0 VCC + 0.5 V IL (SCL, SDA) Logic Low Input Current SDA or SCL, Input Voltage = 0.4V IH (SCL, SDA) Logic High Input Voltage VOL (SCL, SDA) Logic Low Output Voltage fH Min A SDA or SCL, Input Voltage = 4.5V 10 10 IO = 3 mA 0.5 V Minimum Horizontal Frequency PLL & OSD Operational; PLL Range = 0 25 kHz fH Max Maximum Horizontal Frequency PLL & OSD Operational; PLL Range = 3 110 kHz IHFB IN Max Horizontal Flyback Input Current Absolute Maximum During Flyback IIN Peak Current during flyback Design Value IHFB OUT Max Horizontal Flyback Input Current Absolute Maximum During Scan IOUT Peak Current during Scan Design Value IIN THRESHOLD IIN H-Blank Detection Threshold tH-BLANK ON H-Blank Time Delay - On tH-BLANK OFF A 5 4 mA mA -700 A -550 A 0 A + Zero crossing of IHFB to 50% of output blanking start. I24 = +1.5mA 45 ns H-Blank Time Delay - Off - Zero crossing of IHFB to 50% of output blanking end. I24 = -100A 85 ns VBLANK Max Maximum Video Blanking Level Test Setting 4, AC input signal. fFREERUN Free Run H Frequency, including H Blank 0 0.25 42 V kHz tPW CLAMP Minimum Clamp Pulse Width See Note 15 VCLAMP MAX Maximum Low Level Clamp Pulse Voltage Video Clamp Functioning VCLAMP MIN Minimum High Level Clamp Pulse Voltage Video Clamp Functioning ICLAMP Low Clamp Gate Low Input Current V23 = 2V -0.4 A ICLAMP High Clamp Gate High Input Current V23 = 3V 0.4 A www.national.com 4 200 ns 2.0 3.0 V V (Continued) Unless otherwise noted: TA = 25C, VCC = +5.0V, VIN = 0.7V, VABL = VCC, CL = 8 pF, Video Outputs = 2.0 VP-P. See Note 7 for Min and Max parameters and Note 6 for Typicals. DAC parameters apply to all 4 DACs. Symbol tCLAMP-VIDEO Parameter Time from End of Clamp Pulse to Start of Video Conditions Min Referenced to Blue, Red and Green inputs 50 Typ Max Units ns Note 1: Limits of Absolute Maximum Ratings indicate below which damage to the device must not occur. Note 2: Limits of operating ratings indicate required boundaries of conditions for which the device is functional, but may not meet specific performance limits. Note 3: All voltages are measured with respect to GND, unless otherwise specified. Note 4: Human body model, 100 pF discharged through a 1.5 k resistor. Note 5: Input from signal generator: tr, tf < 1 ns. Note 6: Typical specifications are specified at +25C and represent the most likely parametric norm. Note 7: Tested limits are guaranteed to National's AOQL; (Average Outgoing Quality Level). Note 8: The supply current specified is the quiescent current for VCC and 5V Dig with RL = . Load resistors are not required and are not used in the test circuit, therefore all the supply current is used by the pre-amp. Note 9: Linearity Error is the maximum variation in step height of a 16 step staircase input signal waveform with a 0.7 VP-P level at the input. All 16 steps equal, with each at least 100 ns in duration. Note 10: dt/dVCC = 200*(t5.5V-t4.5V)/ ((t5.5V + t4.5V)) %/V, where: t5.5V is the rise or fall time at VCC = 5.5V, and t4.5V is the rise or fall time at VCC = 4.5V. Note 11: AV track is a measure of the ability of any two amplifiers to track each other and quantifies the matching of the three gain stages. It is the difference in gain change between any two amplifiers with the contrast set to AVC-50% and measured relative to the AV max condition. For example, at AV max the three amplifiers' gains might be 12.1 dB, 11.9 dB, and 11.8 dB and change to 2.2 dB, 1.9 dB and 1.7 dB respectively for contrast set to AVC-50%. This yields a typical gain change of 10.0 dB with a tracking change of 0.2 dB. Note 12: ABL should provide smooth decrease in gain over the operational range of 0 dB to -5 dB AABL = A(VABL = VABL MAX GAIN) - A (VABL = VABL MIN GAIN) Beyond -5 dB the gain characteristics, linearity and pulse response may depart from normal values. Note 13: Machine Model ESD test is covered by specification EIAJ IC-121-1981. A 200 pF cap is charged to the specific voltage, then discharged directly into the IC with no external series resistor (resistance of discharge path must be under 50). Note 14: Measure output levels of the other two undriven amplifiers relative to the driven amplifier to determine channel separation. Terminate the undriven amplifier inputs to simulate generator loading. Repeat test at fIN = 10 MHz for VSEP 10 MHZ. Note 15: A minimum pulse width of 200 ns is the guaranteed minimum for a horizontal line of 15 kHz. This limit is guaranteed by design. If a lower line rate is used then a longer clamp pulse may be required. Note 16: Adjust input frequency from 10 MHz (AV max reference level) to the -3 dB corner frequency (f-3 dB). Note 17: Once the spot killer has been activated, the LM1237 remains in the off state until VCC is cycled (reduced below 0.5V andthen restored to 5V). Hexadecimal and Binary Notation Hexadecimal numbers appear frequently throughout this document, representing slave and register addresses, and register values. These appear in the format "0x...". For example, the slave address for writing the registers of the LM1237 is hexadecimal BA, written as 0xBA. On the other hand, binary values, where the individual bit values are shown, are indicated by a trailing "b". For example, 0xBA is equal to 10111010b. A subset of bits within a register is referred to by the bit numbers in brackets following the register value. For example, the OSD contrast bits are the fourth and fifth bits of register 0x8438. Since the first bit is bit 0, the OSD contrast register is 0x8438[4:3]. Register Test Settings Table 1 shows the definitions of the Test Settings 1-8 referred to in the specifications sections. Each test setting is a combination of five hexadecimal register values, Contrast, Gain (Blue, Red, Green) and DC offset. TABLE 1. Test Setting Definitions Control No. of Bits Contrast Test Settings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 7 0x7F (Max) 0x00 Min 0x7F (Max) 0x7F (Max) 0x40 (50.4%) 0x7F (Max) 0x7F (Max) 0x7F (Max) B, R, G Gain 7 0x7F (Max) 0x7F (Max) 0x7F (Max) Set VO to 2 VP-P 0x7F (Max) 0x40 (50%) 0x00 (Min) 0x7F (Max) DC Offset 3 0x00 (Min) 0x05 0x07 (Max) 0x05 0x05 0x05 0x05 0x05 5 www.national.com LM1237 System Interface Signal Characteristics LM1237 LM1253A Compatibility In order to maintain register compatibility with the LM1253A preamplifier datasheet assignments for bias and brightness, the color assignments are recommended as shown in Table 2. If datasheet compatibility is not required, then the DAC assignments can be arbitrary. TABLE 2. LM1253A Compatibility DAC Bias Outputs LM1237 Pin: DAC 1 DAC 2 DAC 3 DAC 4 Assignment: Blue Green Red Brightness OSD vs Video Intensity The OSD amplitude has been increased over the LM1253A level. During monitor alignment, the three gain registers are used to achieve the desired front of screen color balance. This also causes the OSD channels to be adjusted accordingly, since these are inserted into the video channels prior to the gain attenuators. This provides the means to fine tune the intensity of the OSD relative to the video as follows. If a typical starting point for the alignment is to have the gains at maximum (0x7F) and the contrast at 0x55, the resultant OSD intensity will be higher than if the starting point is with the gains at 0x55 and the contrast at maximum (0x7F). This tradeoff allows fine tuning the final OSD intensity relative to the video. In addition, the OSD contrast register, 0x8438 [4:3], provides 4 major increments of intensity. Together, these allow setting the OSD intensity to the most pleasing level. Typical Performance Characteristics VCC = 5V, TA = 25C unless otherwise specified System Interface Signals The Horizontal and Vertical Blanking and the Clamping input signals are important for proper functionality of the LM1237. Both blanking inputs must be present for OSD synchronization. In addition, the Horizontal blanking input also assists in setting the proper cathode black level, along with the Clamping pulse. The Vertical blanking input initiates a blanking level at the LM1237 outputs which is programmable from 3 to 127 lines (we recommend at least 10). This can be optionally disabled so there is no vertical blanking. 20023454 20023455 FIGURE 2. Logic Horizontal Blanking FIGURE 3. Logic Vertical Blanking Figure 2 and Figure 3 show the case where the Horizontal and Vertical inputs are logic levels. Figure 2 shows the smaller pin 24 voltage superimposed on the horizontal blanking pulse input to the neck board with RH = 4.7K and C17 = 0.1F. Note where the voltage at pin 24 is clamped to about 1 volt when the pin is sinking current. Figure 3 shows the smaller pin 1 voltage superimposed on the vertical blanking input to the neck board with C4 jumpered and RV = 4.7K. These component values correspond to the application circuit of Figure 15. www.national.com 6 (Continued) Figure 4 and Figure 5 show the case where the horizontal and vertical inputs are from deflection. Figure 4 shows the pin 24 voltage which is derived from a horizontal flyback pulse of 35 volts peak to peak with RH = 8.2K and C17 jumpered. Figure 5 shows the pin 1 voltage which is derived from a vertical flyback pulse of 55 volts peak to peak with C4 = 1500pF and RV = 120K. 20023456 20023457 FIGURE 4. Deflection Horizonal Blanking FIGURE 5. Deflection Vertical Blanking Figure 6 shows the pin 23 clamp input voltage superimposed on the neck board clamp logic input pulse. R31 = 1K and should be chosen to limit the pin 23 voltage to about 2.5V peak to peak. This corresponds to the application circuit given in Figure 9. Cathode Response Figure 7 shows the response at the red cathode for the application circuit in Figures 9, 10. The input video risetime is 1.5 nanoseconds. The resulting leading edge has a 7.1 nanosecond risetime and a 7.6% overshoot, while the trailing edge has a 7.1 nanosecond risetime and a 6.9% overshoot with an LM2467 driver. 20023458 20023459 FIGURE 6. Logic Clamp Pulse FIGURE 7. Red Cathode Response 7 www.national.com LM1237 Typical Performance Characteristics VCC = 5V, TA = 25C unless otherwise specified LM1237 Typical Performance Characteristics VCC = 5V, TA = 25C unless otherwise specified (Continued) ABL Gain Reduction The ABL function reduces the contrast level of the LM1237 as the voltage on pin 22 is lowered from VCC to around 2 volts. Figure 8 shows the amount of gain reduction as the voltage is lowered from VCC (5.0V) to 2V. The gain reduction is small until V22 reaches the knee anound 3.7V, where the slope increases. Many system designs will require about 3 to 5 dB of gain reduction in full beam limiting. Additional attenuation is possible, and can be used in special circumstances. However, in this case, video performance such as video linearity and tracking between channels will tend to depart from normal specifications. 20023460 FIGURE 8. ABL Gain Reduction Curve OSD Phase Locked Loop Table 3 shows the recommended horizontal scan rate ranges (in kHz) for each combination of PLL register setting, 0x843E [1:0], and the pixels per line register setting, 0x8401 [7:5]. These ranges are recommended for chip ambient temperatures of 50oC to 70oC. While the OSD PLL will lock for other register combinations and at scan rates outside these ranges, the performance of the loop will be improved if these recommendations are followed. NR means the combination of PLL and PPL is not recommended for any scan rate. TABLE 3. OSD Register recommendations PPL=0 PPL=1 PPL=2 PPL=3 PPL=4 PPL=5 PPL=6 PPL=7 PLL=1 27 - 57 26 - 49 25 - 45 25 - 41 25 - 37 25 - 34 25 - 32 25 - 30 PLL=2 NR NR 45 - 89 41 - 82 37 - 75 34 - 69 32 - 64 30 - 60 PLL=3 NR NR NR 82 - 110 75 - 110 69 - 110 64 - 110 60 - 110 www.national.com 8 LM1237 Pin Descriptions and Application Information Pin No. Pin Name 1 V Flyback Required for OSD synchronization and is also used for vertical blanking of the video outputs. The actual switching threshold is about 35% of VCC. For logic level inputs C4 can be a jumper, but for flyback inputs, an AC coupled differentiator is recommended, where RV is large enough to prevent the voltage at pin 1 from exceeding VCC or going below GND. C4 should be small enough to flatten the vertical rate ramp at pin 1. C24 may be needed to reduce noise. 2 VREF Bypass Provides filtering for the internal voltage which sets the internal bias current in conjunction with REXT. A minimum of 0.1 F is recommended for proper filtering. This capacitor should be placed as close to pin 2 and the pin 4 ground return as possible. 3 VREF Current Set External resistor, 10k 1%, sets the internal bias current level for optimum performance of the LM1237. This resistor should be placed as close to pin 3 and the pin 4 ground return as possible. 4 Analog Ground This is the ground for the input analog portions of the LM1237 internal circuitry. 5 6 7 Blue Video In Red Video In Green Video In These video inputs must be AC coupled with a .0047 F cap. Internal DC restoration is done at these inputs. A series resistor of about 33 and external ESD protection diodes should also be used for protection from ESD damage. 8 10 Digital Ground PLL VCC The ground pin should be connected to the rest of the circuit ground by a short but independent PCB trace to prevent contamination by extraneous signals. The VCC pin should be isolated from the rest of the VCC line by a ferrite bead and bypassed to pin 8 with an electrolytic capacitor and a high frequency ceramic. Schematic Description 9 www.national.com LM1237 Pin Descriptions and Application Information (Continued) Pin No. Pin Name 9 PLL Filter Recommended topology and values are shown to the left. It is recommended that both filter branches be bypassed to the independent ground as close to pin 8 as possible. Great care should be taken to prevent external signals from coupling into this filter from video, I2C, etc. 11 SDA The I2C compatible data line. A pull-up resistor of about 2 Kohms should be connected between this pin and VCC. A resistor of at least 100 should be connected in series with the data line for additional ESD protection. 12 SCL The I2C compatible clock line. A pull-up resistor of about 2 k should be connected between this pin and VCC. A resistor of at least 100 should be connected in series with the clock line for additional ESD protection. 4 2 3 1 DAC outputs for cathode cut-off adjustments and brightness control. DAC 4 can be set to change the outputs of the other three DACs, acting as a brightness control. The DAC values and the special DAC 4 function are set through the I2C compatible bus. A resistor of at least 100 should be connected in series with these outputs for additional ESD protection. 13 14 15 16 DAC DAC DAC DAC Schematic Description Output Output Output Output 17 18 Ground VCC Ground pin for the output analog portion of the LM1237 circuitry, and power supply pin for both analog and digital sections of the LM1237. Note the recommended charge storage and high frequency capacitors which should be as close to pins 17 and 18 as possible. 19 20 21 Green Output Red Output Blue Output These are the three video output pins. They are intended to drive the LM246x family of cathode drivers. Nominally, about 2V peak to peak will produce 40V peak to peak of cathode drive. www.national.com 10 LM1237 Pin Descriptions and Application Information (Continued) Pin No. Pin Name 22 ABL The Automatic Beam Limiter input is biased to the desired beam current limit by RABL and VBB and normally keeps DINT forward biased. When the current resupplying the CRT capacitance (averaged by CABL) exceeds this limit, then DINT begins to turn off and the voltage at pin 22 begins to drop. The LM1237 then lowers the gain of the three video channels until the beam current reaches an equilibrium value. 23 CLAMP This pin accepts either TTL or CMOS logic levels. The internal switching threshold is approximately one-half of VCC. An external series resistor, R31, of about 1k is recommended to avoid overdriving the input devices. In any event, REXT must be large enough to prevent the voltage at pin 23 from going higher than VCC or below GND. 24 H Flyback Proper operation requires current reversal. RH should be large enough to limit the peak current at pin 24 to about +4 ma during blanking, and -500 A during scan. C17 is usually needed for logic level inputs and should be large enough to make the time constant, RHC17 significantly larger than the horizontal period. R34 and C8 are typically 300 ohms and 330 pf when the flyback waveform has ringing and needs filtering. C18 may be needed to filter extraneous noise and can be up to 100 pF. Schematic Description 11 www.national.com LM1237 Schematic Diagram 20023416 FIGURE 9. LM123x-LM246x Demo Board Schematic www.national.com 12 LM1237 Schematic Diagram 20023417 FIGURE 10. LM123x-LM246x Demo Board Schematic (continued) 13 www.national.com LM1237 PCB Layout 20023418 FIGURE 11. LM123x-LM246x Demo Board Layout www.national.com 14 LM1237 OSD Generator Operation PAGE OPERATION Figure 12. shows the block diagram of the OSD generator. 20023419 FIGURE 12. Block Diagram of the OSD Generator on the screen is limited to 512 including any character row end characters. The horizontal and vertical start position can also be programmed through the I2C compatible bus. Video information is created using any of the 256 predefined characters stored in the mask programmed ROM. Each character has a unique 8-bit code that is used as its address. Consecutive rows of characters make up the displayed window. These characters can be stored in the page RAM, written under I2C compatible commands by the monitor microcontroller. Each row can contain any number of characters up to the limit of the displayable line length, although some restrictions concerning the enhanced features apply on character rows longer than 32 characters. The number of characters across the width and height of the page can be varied under I2C compatible control, but the total number of characters that can be stored and displayed OSD VIDEO DAC The OSD DAC is controlled by the 9-bit (3x3 bits) OSD video information coming from the pixel serializer look-up table. The look-up table in the OSD palette is programmed to select 4 color levels out of 8 linearly spaced levels per channel. The OSD DAC is shown in Figure 13, where the gain is programmable by the 2-bit OSD CONTRAST register, in 4 stages to give the required OSD signal. The OSD DACs use the reference voltage, VREF, to bias the OSD outputs. 15 www.national.com LM1237 OSD Generator Operation (Continued) 20023420 FIGURE 13. Block Diagram of OSD DACs OSD VIDEO TIMING The OSD SELECT signal switches the source of video information within the preamplifier from external video to the internally generated OSD video. 1. Two-color: There are 190 two-color characters. Each pixel of these characters is defined by a single bit value. If the bit value is 0, then the color is defined as `Color 1' or the `background' color. If the bit value is 1, then the color is defined as `Color 2', or the `foreground' color. An example of a character is shown in Figure 14. 2. Four-color: There are 64 four-color characters stored in the character ROM. Each pixel of the four-color character is defined by two bits of information, and thus can define four different colors, Color 1, Color 2, Color 3, and Color 4. Color 1 is defined as the `background' color. All other colors are considered `foreground' colors, although for most purposes, any of the four colors may be used in any way. Because each four-color character has two bits, the LM1237 internally has a matrix of two planes of ROM as shown in Figure 15. WINDOWS Two separate windows can be opened, utilizing the data stored in the page RAM. Each window has its own horizontal and vertical start position, although the second window should be horizontally spaced at least two character spaces away from the first window, and should never overlap the first window when both windows are on. The OSD window must be placed within the active video. CHARACTER CELL Each character is defined as a 12 wide by 18 high matrix of picture elements, or `pixels'. The character font is shown in Figure 25. There are two types of characters defined in the character ROM: www.national.com 16 LM1237 OSD Generator Operation (Continued) 12 columns COLOR 1 18 rows COLOR 2 20023421 FIGURE 14. A Two-Color Character Plane 1 + Plane 2 = Composite 20023422 FIGURE 15. A Four-Color Character 512) choices. This allows a maximum of 64 different colors to be used within one page using the 4-color characters, with up to 4 different colors within any one character and 32 different colors using the 2-color characters, with 2 different colors within any one character. ATTRIBUTE TABLES Each character has an attribute value assigned to it in the page RAM. The attribute value is 4 bits wide, making each character entry in the page RAM 12 bits wide in total. The attribute value acts as an address which points to one of 16 entries in either the two-color attribute table RAM or the four-color attribute table RAM. The attribute word in the table contains the coding information which defines which color is represented by color1 and color2 in the two color attribute table and color1, color2, color3, color4 in the four-color attribute table. Each color is defined by a 9-bit value, with 3 bits assigned to each channel of RGB. A dynamic look-up table defines each of the 16 different color combination selections or `palettes'. As the look-up table can be dynamically coded by the microcontroller over the I2C compatible interface, each color can be assigned to any one of 29 (i.e. TRANSPARENT DISABLE In addition to the 9 lines of video data, a tenth data line is generated by the transparent disable bit. When this line is activated, the black color code will be translated as `transparent' or invisible. This allows the video information from the PC system to be visible on the screen when this is present. Note that this feature is enabled on any black color in of the first 8 attribute table entries. 17 www.national.com LM1237 OSD Generator Operation used for the depressed (`lowlight') pixel color instead of the value in register EF2. (Continued) ENHANCED FEATURES 3. Shadowing -- Shadowing can be added to two-color characters by choosing the appropriate attribute value for the character. When a character is shadowed, a shadow pixel is added to the lower right edges of the color 2 image, as shown in Figure 17. The color of the shadow is determined by the value in the color palette register EF3 (normally black). 4. Bordering -- A border can be added to the two-color characters. When a character is bordered, a border pixel is added at every horizontal, vertical or diagonal transition between color 1 and color 2. See Figure 18. The color of the border is determined by the value in the color palette register EF3 (normally black). 5. Blinking -- If blinking is enabled as an attribute, all colors within the character except the button box pixels which have been overwritten will alternately switch to color 1 and then back to the correct color at a rate determined by the microcontroller through the I2C compatible interface. In addition to the wide selection of colors for each character, additional character features can be selected on a character by character basis. There are 3 Enhanced Feature Registers, EF0, EF1 and EF2. 1. Button Boxes -- The OSD generator examines the character string being displayed and if the `button box' attributes have been set in the Enhanced feature byte, then a box creator selectively substitutes the character pixels in either or both the top and left most pixel line or column with a button box pixel. The shade of the button box pixel depends upon whether a `depressed' or `raised' box is required, and can be programmed through the I2C compatible interface. The raised pixel color (`highlight') is defined by the value in the color palette register, EF1 (normally white). The depressed pixel (`lowlight') color by the value in the color palette register EF2 (normally gray). See Figure 16. 2. Heavy Button Boxes -- When heavy button boxes are selected, the color palette value stored in register EF3 is CHAR1 Bit 0 Bit 11 (of Previous Character) CHAR1 Bit 0 Bit 0 Bit 11 (of Previous Character) Line 0 Line 0 CHAR1 CHAR1 RAISED Line 17 Line 17 Line 0 (of Character Below) Line 0 (of Character Below) DEPRESSED 20023452 20023423 Effect on the screen: 20023424 FIGURE 16. Button Boxes www.national.com Bit 0 18 LM1237 OSD Generator Operation (Continued) 20023453 FIGURE 17. Shadowing 20023425 FIGURE 18. Bordering WRITE SEQUENCE The write sequence begins with a start condition which consists of the master pulling SDA low while SCL is held high. The slave device address is next sent. The address byte is made up of an address of seven bits (7-1) and the read/write bit (0). Bit 0 is low to indicate a write operation. Each byte that is sent is followed by an acknowledge. When SCL is high the master will release the SDA line. The slave must pull SDA low to acknowledge. The register to be written to is next sent in two bytes, the least significant byte being sent first. The master can then send the data, which consists of one or more bytes. Each data byte is followed by an acknowledge bit. If more than one data byte is sent the data will increment to the next address location. See Figure 19. Microcontroller Interface The microcontroller interfaces to the LM1237 preamp via the I2C compatible interface. The protocol of the interface begins with a Start Pulse followed by a byte comprised of a seven bit Slave Device Address and a Read/Write bit. Since the first byte is composed of both the address and the read/write bit, the address of the LM1237 for writing is 0xBA (10111010b) and the address for reading is 0xBB (10111011b). The development software provided by National Semiconductor will automatically take care of the difference between the read and write addresses if the target address under the communications tab is set to 0xBA. Figure 19 and Figure 20 show a write and read sequence on the I2C compatible interface. 19 www.national.com LM1237 Microcontroller Interface (Continued) 20023426 FIGURE 19. I2C Compatible Write Sequence containing the most significant address byte, followed by its Acknowledge bit. Then a Stop bit indicates the end of the address only write access. Next the read data access will be performed beginning with the Start Pulse, the Slave Device Address, the Read/Write bit ( a one, indicating a read) and the Acknowledge bit. The next 8 bits will be the read data driven out by the LM1237 preamp associated with the address indicated by the two address bytes. Subsequent read data bytes will correspond to the next increment address locations. Data should only be read from the LM1237 when both OSD windows are disabled. READ SEQUENCE Read sequences are comprised of two I2C compatible transfer sequences: The first is a write sequence that only transfers the two byte address to be accessed. The second is a read sequence that starts at the address transferred in the previous address only write access and increments to the next address upon every data byte read. This is shown in Figure 20. The write sequence consists of the Start Pulse, the Slave Device Address, the Read/Write bit (a zero, indicating a write) and the Acknowledge bit; the next byte is the least significant byte of the address to be accessed, followed by its Acknowledge bit. This is then followed by a byte 20023427 FIGURE 20. I2C Compatible Read Sequence www.national.com 20 LM1237 LM1237 Address Map TABLE 4. Character ROM Address Map Address Range R/W Description 0x0000-0x2FFF R ROM Character Fonts, 190 two-color Character Fonts that are read-only. The format of the address is as follows: A15-A14: Always zeros. A13-A6: Character value (0x00-0xBF are valid values) A5-A1: Row of the character (0x00-0x11 are valid values) A0: Low byte of line when a zero. High byte of line when a one. The low byte will contain the first eight pixels of the line with data Bit 0 corresponding to the left most bit in the Character Font line. The high byte will contain the last four pixels and data. Bits 7-4 are "don't cares". Data Bit 3 of the high byte corresponds to the right most pixel in the Character Font line. 0x3000-0x3FFF R ROM Character Fonts, 64 four-color Character Fonts that are read-only. The format of the address is as follows: A15-A14: Always zeros. A13-A6: Character value (0xC0-0xFF are valid values) A5-A1: Row of the character (0x00-0x11 are valid values) A0: Low byte of line when a zero. High byte of line when a one. The low byte will contain the first eight pixels of the line with data Bit 0 corresponding to the left most bit in the Character Font line. The high byte will contain the last four pixels and data Bits 7-4 are "don't cares". Data Bit 3 of the high byte corresponds to the right most pixel in the Character Font line. NOTE: The value of Bit 0 of the Character Font Access Control Register (Address 0x8402) is a zero, it indicates that the Bit 0 data value of the four-color pixels is being accessed via these addresses. When the value of Bit 0 of the Access Control Register is a one, it indicates that the Bit 1 data value of the four-color pixel is being accessed via these addresses. 0x4000-0x7FFF -- Reserved. TABLE 5. Display Page RAM Address Map Address Range R/W 0x8000-0x81FF R/W Description Display Page RAM Characters. A total of 512 display characters, skipped line, end-of-row and end-of-window character codes may be supported via this range. To support skipped lines and character attributes a number of special case rules are used when writing to this range. (Refer to the Display Page RAM section of this document for more details.) Preamp Interface Registers TABLE 6. OSD Interface Registers Register Address Fonts - 2 Color 0x0000- 0x2FFE Fonts - 4 Color 0x3000- 0x3FFE Default D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 D0 PIXEL (7:0) +1 X X X X PIXEL (11:8) PIXEL (7:0) +1 Display Page D7 X 0x8000- 0x83FF X X X CHAR_CODE[7:4] or reserved FRMCTRL1 0x8400 0x10 FRMCTRL2 0x8401 0x80 X CHARFONTACC 0x8402 0x00 X VBLANKDUR 0x8403 0x10 X X X CHAR_CODE[3:0] or ATTR_CODE TD PIXELS_PER_LINE (2:0) X X PIXEL (11:8) CDPR D2E D1E OSE BLINK_PERIOD (4:0) X X X ATTR FONT4 VBLANK_DURATION (6:0) 21 www.national.com LM1237 Preamp Interface Registers (Continued) TABLE 6. OSD Interface Registers (Continued) Register Address Default CHARHTCTRL 0x8404 0x51 D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 BBHLCTRLB0 0x8405 0xFF BBHLCTRLB1 0x8406 0x01 BBLLCTRLB0 0x8407 0x00 BBLLCTRLB1 0x8408 0x00 CHSDWCTRLB0 0x8409 0x00 CHSDWCTRLB1 0x840A 0x00 ROMSIGCTRL 0x840D 0x00 ROMSIGDATAB0 0x840E 0x00 ROMSIGDATAB1 0x840F 0x00 CRC (15:8) HSTRT1 0x8410 0x13 HPOS (7:0) VSTRT1 0x8411 0x14 VPOS (7:0) COLWIDTH1B0 0x8414 0x00 COL (7:0) COLWIDTH1B1 0x8415 0x00 COL (15:8) COLWIDTH1B2 0x8416 0x00 COL (23:16) COLWIDTH1B3 0x8417 0x00 COL (31:24) HPOS (7:0) D2 D1 D0 CHAR_HEIGHT (7:0) B[1:0] X G[2:0] X X X B[1:0] X R[2:0] X X G[2:0] X X X X X X X X X B[1:0] X B[2] R[2:0] X X X X X X B[2] X X X X CRS X X ADDR(8) D2 D1 D0 G[2:0] X B[2] R[2:0] CRC (7:0) HSTRT2 0x8418 0x56 VSTRT2 0x8419 0x5B VPOS (7:0) W2STRTADRL 0x841A 0x00 ADDR (7:0) W2STRTADRH 0x841B 0x01 COLWIDTH2B0 0x841C 0x00 X X X X COL (7:0) X COLWIDTH2B1 0x841D 0x00 COL (15:8) COLWIDTH2B2 0x841E 0x00 COL (23:16) COLWIDTH2B3 0x841F 0x00 COL (31:24) Note: Set reserved bits to 0. TABLE 7. LM1237 Preamplifier Interface Registers Register Address Default D7 BGAINCTRL GGAINCTRL 0x8430 0xE0 X BGAIN[6:0] 0x8431 0xE0 X GGAIN[6:0] RGAINCTRL 0x8432 0xE0 X RGAIN[6:0] CONTRCTRL 0x8433 0xE0 X DAC1CTRL 0x8434 0x80 DAC1[7:0] DAC2CTRL 0x8435 0x80 DAC2[7:0] DAC3CTRL 0x8436 0x80 DAC3[7:0] DAC4CTRL 0x8437 0x80 DACOSDDCOFF 0x8438 0x94 X GLOBALCTRL 0x8439 0x00 X PLLFREQRNG 0x843E 0x16 SRTSTCTRL 0x843F 0x00 D6 D5 D4 D3 CONTRAST[6:0] DAC4[7:0] DCF[1:0] OSD CONT[1:0] DS OFFSET[1:0] X X X X X X X CLMP X OOR VBL X A/D[0] X X X X PS BV PFR[1:0] X SRST[0] Note: Set reserved bits to 0. Two-Color Attribute Table TABLE 8. LM1237 Two-Color Attribute Registers Register ATT2C0n www.national.com Address 0x8440 + 4n D7 D6 D5 D4 C1B[1:0] C1G[2:0] 22 D3 D2 D1 C1R[2:0] D0 LM1237 Two-Color Attribute Table (Continued) TABLE 8. LM1237 Two-Color Attribute Registers (Continued) Address D7 ATT2C1n Register +1 C2B[0] D6 ATT2C2n +2 X X ATT2C3n +3 X X D5 D4 D3 C2G[2:0] D2 D1 D0 C2R[2:0] C1B[2] EF[3:0] X X C2B[2:1] X X X X Note: Set reserved bits to 0. The attributes for two-color display characters may be written or read via the following address format: A15-A6: Always a binary 1000010001. A5-A2: Attribute code n (0x0-0xF are valid values). A1-A0: Determines which of the 3 bytes is to be accessed. Note: In the table, n indicates the attribute number 0 n 15. Note: When writing, bytes 0 through 2 must be written in order. Bytes 0 through 2 will take effect after byte 2 is written. Since byte 3 contains all reserved bits, this byte may be written, but will have no effect. When reading, it is OK to read only one, two, or all three bytes. If writing more than one 2-color attributes using the auto increment feature, all four bytes must be written. Four-Color Attribute Table TABLE 9. LM1237 Four-Color Attribute Registers Register Address D7 D6 ATT4C0n 8500 + (n*8) ATT4C1n +1 C2B[0] ATT4C2n +2 X X ATT4C3n +3 X X ATT4C4n +4 ATT4C5n +5 D5 D4 C1B[1:0] D3 D2 C1G[2:0] D0 C1R[2:0] C2G[2:0] C2R[2:0] C1B[2] EF[3:0] X X C3B[1:0] C2B[2:1] X X C3G[2:0] C4B[0] D1 X X C3R[2:0] C4G[2:0] C4R[2:0] ATT4C6n +6 X X X X X X ATT4C7n +7 X X X X X X C3B[2] C4B[2:1] X X Note: Set reserved bits to 0. The attributes for four-color display characters may be written or read via the following address format: A15-A7: Always a binary 100001010. A6-A3: Attribute code n (0x0-0xF are valid values). A2-A0: Determine which of the six bytes of the attribute is to be accessed. Note: In the table, n indicates the attribute number 0 n 15. Note: When writing, bytes 0 through 2 must be written in order and bytes 4 to 6 must be written in order. Bytes 0 through 2 will take effect after byte 2 is written. Bytes 4 through 6 will take effect after byte 6 is written. Since bytes 5 and 7 contain all reserved bits, these bytes may be written, but no effect will result. When reading, it is OK to read only one, two, or all three bytes. If writing more than one 4-color attributes using the auto increment feature, all eight bytes must be written. Instead, 512 locations of 12-bit words are allocated in RAM for the definition of the windows, with special control codes to define the window size and shape. Window width can be any length supported by the number of pixels per line that is selected divided by the number of pixels in a character line. It must be remembered that OSD characters displayed during the monitor blanking time will not be displayed on the screen, so the practical limit to the number of horizontal characters on a line is reduced by the number of characters within the horizontal blanking period. Display Page RAM THE OSD WINDOW The Display Page RAM contains all of the 8-bit display character codes and their associated 4-bit attribute codes, and the special 12-bit page control codes -- the row-end, skip-line parameters and window-end characters. The LM1237 has a distinct advantage over many OSD generators that it allows variable size and format windows. The window size is not dictated by a fixed geometry area of RAM. CHARACTER CODE AND ATTRIBUTE CODE Each of the 512 locations in the page RAM is comprised of a 12-bit code consisting of an 8-bit character or control code, and a 4-bit attribute code: 23 www.national.com LM1237 Display Page RAM (Continued) 20023428 Bits 11-4 (Character Code): These 8 bits define which of the 254 characters is to be called from the character ROM. Valid character codes are 0x02-0xFF. Bits 3-0 (Attribute Code): These 4 bits address the attribute table used to specify which of the 16 locations in RAM specify the colors and enhanced features to be used for this particular character. Two separate attribute tables are used, one for 2-color characters, the other for 4-color characters. Each of the characters are stored in sequence in the page RAM. Special codes are used between lines to show where one line ends and the next begins, and also to allow blank (or `skipped') single scan lines to be added between character rows. ROW END CODE To signify the end of a row of characters, a special Row-End (RE) code is used in place of a character code. 20023429 Bits 11-4 (Row-End Code): A special character code of 0x01 Bits 3-0 (Don't care) The RE character tells the OSD generator that the character codes following must be placed on a new row in the displayed window. SKIPPED LINE CODE Each displayed row of characters may have up to 15 skipped (i.e., blank) lines beneath it in order to allow finer control of the vertical spacing of character rows. (Each skipped line is treated as a single auto-height character pixel line, so multiple scan lines may actually be displayed in order to maintain accurate size relative to the character cell -- see section Constant Character Height Mechanism). To specify the number of skipped lines, the first character in each new row of characters to be displayed is interpreted differently than the other characters in the row. Instead of interpreting the data in the location as a character code, the 12 bits are defined as follows: 20023430 Bits 11-8 (Reserved): These should be set to zero. Bits 7-4 (Skipped Lines): These four bits determine how many blank pixel lines will be inserted between the present row of display characters and the next row of display characters. A range of 0-15 may be selected. Bits 3-0 (Attribute Code): The pixels in the skipped lines will normally be Color 1 of the addressed 2-Color Attribute Table entry. Note that the pixels in the first line immediately below the character may be overwritten by the pixel override system that creates the button box. (Refer to the Box Formation Section for more information). Each new line MUST start with an SL code, even if the number of skipped lines to follow is zero. An SL code MUST always follow an RE control code. An RE code may follow an SL code if several `transparent' lines are required between sections of the window (see example 3 below). In this case, skipped lines of zero characters are displayed, causing a break in the window. WINDOW END CODE To signify the end of the window, a special Window-End (WE) code is used in place of a Row-End code. 20023431 Bits 11-4 (Row-End Code): A special character code of 0x00. Bits 3-0 (Don't care) www.national.com 24 (Continued) The WE control code tells the OSD generator that the character codes following belong to another displayed window at the next window location. A WE control code may follow normal characters or an SL parameter, but never an RE control code. WRITING TO THE PAGE RAM The Display Page RAM can contain up to 512 of the above listed characters and control codes. Each character, or control code will consume one of the possible 512 locations. For convenience, a single write instruction to bit 3 of the Frame Control Register (0x8400) can reset the page RAM value to all zero. Display Window 1 will also start at the first location (corresponding to the I2C address 0x8000). This location must always contain the Skip-Line (SL) code associated with the first row of Display Window 1. Subsequent locations should contain the characters to be displayed on row 1 of Display Window 1, until the RE character code or WE character code is written into the Display Page-RAM. The skip-line parameters associated with the next row must always be written to the location immediately after the preceding row's row-end character. The only exception to this rule is when a window-end character (value 0x0000) is encountered. It is important to note that a row-end character should not precede a window-end character (otherwise the window-end character will be interpreted as the next row's skip-line code). Instead, the window-end character will both end the row and the window making it unnecessary to precede it with a row-end character. The I2C Format for writing a sequence of display characters is minimized by allowing sequential characters with the same attribute code to send in a string as follows: Byte #1 -- I2C Slave Address Byte #2 -- LSB Register Address Byte #3 -- MSB Register Address Byte #4 -- Attribute Table Entry to use for the following characters Byte #5 -- First display character, SL parameter, RE or WE control code Byte #6 -- Second display character, SL parameter, RE or WE control code Byte #7 -- Third display character, SL parameter, RE or WE control code Byte #n -- Last display character in this color sequence, SL parameter, RE or WE control code to use the associated Attribute Table Entry. The Attribute Table Entry (Byte #4, of the above) is automatically associated with each subsequent display character or SL code written. The following are examples of how the Display Page RAM associates to the actual On-Screen Display Window #1. EXAMPLE 1: A 3x3 character matrix of yellow characters on a black background is to be displayed on the screen of all the same color, using 2-color character codes: The actual On-Screen Display of Window #1 is shown in Figure 21. Note the dotted white lines are not actually part of the OSD image to be displayed. They are shown here only to designate character boundaries. 20023432 FIGURE 21. Example 1 OSD Notes: * Every row must begin with an attribute and an SL. Display Page RAM memory location 0x8000 will always be associated with the SL of row 0 of Display Window #1. * Every row except the last row of a Display Window must end with an RE character. The character immediately after an RE character is always the SL value for the next row. * The last row in a Display Window must be a WE character. The WE character must NOT be preceded by an RE character. * The entire Display Window may be written in a single I2C write sequence because the Attribute Table entry (i.e., the color palette) does not change for the entire Display Window. * The Attribute Table Entry that is associated with RE and WE characters are "don't cares". So in general it is most efficient just to allow them to be the same value as the Attribute Table Entry associated with the previous display character. 25 www.national.com LM1237 Display Page RAM LM1237 Display Page RAM (Continued) * The colors of the characters and background can be stored in a single location in the 2-color attribute table, in location ATT0. * The data shown in Table 10 is sent to the LM1237 in one I2C transmission. TABLE 10. Example 1 Data Transmission Data Sent Description RAM Address I2C start condition (See the Microcontroller Interface Section) 0xBA Chip address (See the Microcontroller Interface Section) 0x00 Address LSB 0x80 Address MSB 0x00 Use Attribute table 00 for the following characters 0x00 Skip 0 lines Command 8000 0x02 Character "A" 8001 0x03 Character "B" 8002 0x04 Character "C" 8003 0x01 Row-End (RE) Command 8004 0x00 Skip 0 lines 8005 0x05 Character "D" 8006 0x06 Character "E" 8007 0x07 Character "F" 8008 0x01 Row-End (RE) Command 8009 0x00 Skip 0 lines Command 800A 0x08 Character "G" 800B 0x09 Character "H" 800C 0x0A Character "I" 800D Window-End (WE) Command 800E 0x00 I2C stop condition (See the Microcontroller Interface Section) EXAMPLE 2: A 3x3 character matrix of characters on a black background is to be displayed on the screen, using 2-color character codes. 2 skipped lines are required below the first line of characters, 3 skipped lines are required below the second line of characters, and 4 skipped lines are required below the third line of characters. The first line of characters will use color attribute 0, the second line will use color attribute 1, the third line will use color attribute 0 for the first character, color attribute 1 for the second character, and color attribute 2 for the third character. This is shown in Figure 22. www.national.com 26 LM1237 Display Page RAM (Continued) 20023433 FIGURE 22. Example 2 OSD Notes: * Every row must begin with an attribute and an SL value. Display Page RAM memory location 0x8000 will always be associated with the SL of row 0 of Display Window #1. * If an I2C transmission finishes without an RE (in the middle of a row) the first byte sent in the next I2C transmission is the attribute. * Every row except the last row of a Display Window must end with an RE character. The character immediately after an RE character is always the SL value for the next row. * The last row in a Display Window must be a WE character. The WE character must NOT follow an RE character. * Table 11 is the data sent to the LM1237 for the entire image, in five transmissions. TABLE 11. Example 2 (Five Sequences) Data Sent Description RAM Address 2 I C start condition (See the Microcontroller Interface Section) 0xBA Chip address (See the Microcontroller Interface Section) 0x00 Address LSB 0x80 Address MSB 0x00 Use Attribute table 0x00 for the following characters 0x02 Skip 2 lines Command 0x8000 0x02 Character "A" 0x8001 0x03 Character "B" 0x8002 0x04 Character "C" 0x8003 0x01 Row-End (RE) Command 0x8004 I2C stop condition (See the Microcontroller Interface Section) I2C start condition (See the Microcontroller Interface Section) 0xBA Chip address (See the Microcontroller Interface Section) 0x05 Address LSB 0x80 Address MSB 0x01 Use Attribute table 0x01 for the following characters 0x03 Skip 3 lines Command 0x8005 27 www.national.com LM1237 Display Page RAM (Continued) TABLE 11. Example 2 (Five Sequences) (Continued) Data Sent Description RAM Address 0x05 Character "D" 0x8006 0x06 Character "E" 0x8007 0x07 Character "F" 0x8008 0x01 Row-End (RE) Command 0x8009 I2C stop condition (See the Microcontroller Interface Section) I2C start condition (See the Microcontroller Interface Section) 0xBA Chip address (See the Microcontroller Interface Section) 0x0A Address LSB 0x80 Address MSB 0x00 Use Attribute table 0x00 for the following character 0x04 Skip 4 lines Command 0x800A Character "G" 0x800B 0x08 I2C stop condition (See the Microcontroller Interface Section) I2C start condition (See the Microcontroller Interface Section) 0xBA Chip address (See the Microcontroller Interface Section) 0x0C Address LSB 0x80 Address MSB 0x01 Use Attribute table 0x01 for the following character 0x09 Character "H" 0x01 Row-End (RE) Command 0x800C I2C stop condition (See the Microcontroller Interface Section) I2C start condition (See the Microcontroller Interface Section) 0xBA Chip address (See the Microcontroller Interface Section) 0x0D Address LSB 0x80 Address MSB 0x02 Use Attribute table 0x02 for the following character 0x0A Character "I" 0x800D 0x00 Window-End (WE) Command 0x800E I2C stop condition (See the Microcontroller Interface Section) EXAMPLE 3: Two different length rows of characters a black background are to be displayed on the screen, using 2-color character codes. 3 transparent skipped lines are required between the character rows. This is shown in Figure 23. www.national.com 28 LM1237 Display Page RAM (Continued) 20023434 FIGURE 23. Example 3 OSD Notes: * In order to centralize the three characters above the five characters on the row below, a "transparent" blank character has been used as the first character on the row. * In order to create the transparent skipped lines between the two character rows, a row of no characters has been used, resulting in a RE, SL, RE, SL control code sequence. * In this example, the transparent character is defined by the 2-color attribute table entry ATT0. Bit 4 of Frame Control Register 1 must be set to indicate that the black color is to be translated as transparent (see section Control Register Definitions). * The top row of characters are yellow on black; in this example, these are defined by the 2-color attribute table entry ATT9. * The second row of characters are blue on black; in this example, these are defined by the 2-color attribute table entry ATT10. * The black background of the characters are not transparent because ATT9 and ATT10 are used. * The data shown in Table 12 is sent to the LM1237 in four I2C transmissions. TABLE 12. Example 3 I2C Sequences Data Sent Description RAM Address 2 I C start condition (See the Microcontroller Interface Section) 0xBA Chip address (See the Microcontroller Interface Section) 0x00 Address LSB 0x80 Address MSB 0x00 Use Attribute table 0x00 for the following characters 0x00 Skip 2 lines Command 0x8000 0x80 Character " " 0x8001 2 I C stop condition (See the Microcontroller Interface Section) I2C start condition (See the Microcontroller Interface Section) 0xBA Chip address (See the Microcontroller Interface Section) 0x02 Address LSB 0x80 Address MSB 0x09 Use Attribute table 0x09 for the following characters 0x02 Character "A" 0x8002 0x03 Character "B" 0x8003 0x04 Character "C" 0x8004 Row-End (RE) Command 0x8005 0x01 I2C stop condition (See the Microcontroller Interface Section) I2C start condition (See the Microcontroller Interface Section) 29 www.national.com LM1237 Display Page RAM (Continued) TABLE 12. Example 3 I2C Sequences (Continued) Data Sent Description RAM Address 0xBA Chip address (See the Microcontroller Interface Section) 0x06 Address LSB 0x80 Address MSB 0x00 Use Attribute table 0x00 for the following character 0x03 Skip 3 lines Command 0x8006 0x01 Row-End (RE) Command 0x8007 I2C stop condition (See the Microcontroller Interface Section) I2C start condition (See the Microcontroller Interface Section) 0xBA Chip address (See the Microcontroller Interface Section) 0x08 Address LSB 0x80 Address MSB 0x0A Use Attribute table 0x0A for the following characters 0x00 Skip 0 lines Command 0x05 Character "D" 0x8009 0x06 Character "E" 0x800A 0x07 Character "F" 0x800B 0x08 Character "G" 0x800C 0x09 Character "H" 0x800D Window-End (WE) Command 0x800E 0x00 0x8008 I2C stop condition (See the Microcontroller Interface Section) Control Register Definitions OSD INTERFACE REGISTERS Frame Control Register 1 Register Name (address): FRMCTRL1 (0x8400) 20023435 Bit 0 On-Screen Display Enable. The On-Screen Display will be disabled when this bit is a zero. When this bit is a one the On-Screen Display will be enabled and Display Window 1 will be enabled if Bit 1 of this register is a one; likewise Display Window 2 will be enabled if Bit 2 of this register is a one. Bit 1 Display Window 1 Enable. When Bit 0 of this register and this bit are both ones, Display Window 1 is enabled. If either bit is a zero, then Display Window 1 will be disabled. Bit 2 Display Window 2 Enable. When Bit 0 of this register and this bit are both ones, Display Window 2 is enabled. If either bit is a zero, then Display Window 2 will be disabled. Bit 3 Clear Display Page RAM. Writing a one to this bit will result in setting all of the Display Page RAM values to zero. This bit is automatically cleared after the operation is complete. Bit 4 Transparent Disable. When this bit is a zero, a palette color of black (i.e., color palette look-up table value of 0x00) in the first 8 palette look-up table address locations (i.e., ATT0-ATT7) will be interpreted as transparent. When this bit is a one, the color will be interpreted as black. Bits 7-5 Reserved (Should be set to zero) www.national.com 30 LM1237 Control Register Definitions (Continued) Frame Control Register 2 Register Name (address): FRMCTRL2 (0x8401) 20023436 Bits 4-0 Blinking Period. These five bits set the blinking period of the blinking feature, which is determined by mulitiplying the value of these bits by 8, and then multiplying the result by the vertical field rate. Bits 7-5 Pixels per Line. These three bits determine the number of pixels per line of OSD characters per the following table which also lists the maximum horizontal scan rate recommended for each setting. Bits 7-5 Description Max Horizontal Frequency (kHz) 0x0 512 pixels per line 125 0x1 576 pixels per line 119 0x2 640 pixels per line 112 0x3 704 pixels per line 106 0x4 768 pixels per line 100 0x5 832 pixels per line 93 0x6 896 pixels per line 87 0x7 960 pixels per line 81 31 www.national.com LM1237 Control Register Definitions (Continued) Character Font Access Register Register Name (address): CHARFONTACC (0x8402) 20023437 Bit 0 This is the Color Bit Plane Selector. This bit must be set to 0 to read or write a two-color attribute from the range 0x0000 to 0x2FFF. When reading or writing four-color attributes from the range 0x3000 to 0x3FFF, this bit is set to 0 for the least significant plane and to 1 for the most significant plane. Bit 1 This is the Character/Attribute Selector. This applies to reads from the Display Page RAM (address range 0x8000-0x81FF). When a 0, the character code is returned and when a 1, the attribute code is returned. Bits 7-2 Reserved. These should be set to zero. Vertical Blank Duration Register Register Name (address): VBLANKDUR (0x8403) 20023438 Bits 6-0 This register determines the duration of the vertical blanking signal in scan lines. When vertical blanking is enabled, it is recommended that this register be set to a number greater than 0x0A. Bit 7 Reserved. This bit should be set to zero. www.national.com 32 LM1237 Control Register Definitions (Continued) Character Height Register Register Name (address): CHARHTCTRL (0x8404) 20023439 Bits 7-0 This register determines the OSD character height as described in the section Constant Character Height Mechanism. The values of this register is equal to the approximate number of OSD height compensated lines required on the screen, divided by 4. This value is not exact due to the approximation used in scaling the character. Example: If approximately 324 OSD lines are required on the screen (regardless of the number of scan lines) then the Character Height Control Register is programmed with 81 (0x51). Enhanced Feature Register 1 Button Box Highlight Color Register Name (addresses): BBHLCTRLB1 (0x8406) and BBHLCTRLB0 (0x8405) 20023440 Bits 8-0 These determine the button box highlight color. Bits 15-9 Reserved. These bits should be set to zero. Enhanced Feature Register 2 Button Box Lowlight Color Register Names (addresses): BBLLCTRLB1 (0x8408) and BBLLCTRLB0 (0x8407) 20023441 Bits 8-0 These determine the button box lowlight color. Bits 15-9 Reserved. These bits should be set to zero. Enhanced Feature Register 3 Heavy Button Box Lowlight/Shading/Shadow Register Names (addresses): CHSDWCTRLB1 (0x840A) and CHSDWCTRLB0 (0x8409) 20023442 Bits 8-0 These registers determine the heavy button box lowlight, shading or shadow color. Bits 15-9 Reserved. These bits should be set to zero. ROM Signature Control Register Register Name (address): ROMSIGCTRL (0x840D) 20023443 Bit 0 This controls the calculation of the ROM signature. Setting this bit causes the ROM to be read sequentially and a 16-bit checksum calculated over the 256 characters. The sum, modulo 65535, is stored in the ROM Signature Data Register, and this bit is then automatically cleared. Bits 7-1 Reserved. These should be set to zero. ROM Signature Data Register 33 www.national.com LM1237 Control Register Definitions (Continued) Register Names (addresses): ROMSIGDATAB1 (0x840F) and ROMSIGDATAB0 (0x840E) 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 CRC15 CRC14 CRC13 CRC12 CRC11 CRC10 CRC9 CRC8 CRC7 CRC6 CRC5 CRC4 CRC3 CRC2 CRC1 CRC0 Bits 15-0 This is the checksum of the 256 ROM characters truncated to 16 bits (modulo 65535). All devices with the same masked ROM will have the same checksum. Display Window 1 Horizontal Start Location Register Register Name (address): HSTRT1 (0x8410) 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 1H7 1H6 1H5 1H4 1H3 1H2 1H1 1H0 Bits 7-0 There are two possible OSD windows which can be displayed simultaneously or individually. This register determines the horizontal start position of Window 1 in OSD pixels (not video signal pixels). The actual position, to the right of the horizontal flyback pulse, is determined by multiplying this register value by 4 and adding 30. Due to pipeline delays, the first usable start location is approximately 42 OSD pixels following the horizontal flyback time. For this reason, we recommend this register be programmed with a number larger than 2, otherwise improper operation may result. Display Window 1 Vertical Start Location Register Register Name (address): VSTRT1 (0x8411) 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 1V7 1V6 1V5 1V4 1V3 1V2 1V1 1V0 Bits 7-0 www.national.com This register determines the Vertical start position of the Window 1 in constant-height character lines (not video scan lines). The actual position is determined by multiplying this register value by 2. (Note: each character line is treated as a single auto-height character pixel line, so multiple scan lines may actually be displayed in order to maintain accurate position relative to the OSD character cell size. See the Constant Character Height Mechanism section.) This register should be set so the entire OSD window is within the active video. 34 LM1237 Control Register Definitions (Continued) Display Window 1 Column Width Register Register Names (addresses): COLWIDTH1B0 (0x8414) COLWIDTH1B3 (0x8417), COLWIDTH1B2 (0x8416), COLWIDTH1B1 (0x8415), 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 COL 31 COL 30 COL 29 COL 28 COL 27 COL 26 COL 25 COL 24 COL 23 COL 22 COL 21 COL 20 COL 19 COL 18 COL 17 COL 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 COL15 COL14 COL13 COL12 COL11 COL10 COL9 COL8 COL7 COL6 COL5 COL4 COL3 COL2 COL1 COL0 Bits 31-0 These are the Display Window 1 Column Width 2x Enable Bits. These thirty-two bits correspond to columns 31-0 of Display Window 1, respectively. A value of zero indicates the column will have normal width (12 pixels). A value of one indicates the column will be twice as wide as normal (24 pixels). For the double wide case, each Character Font pixel location will be displayed twice, in two consecutive horizontal pixel locations. The user should note that if more than 32 display characters are programmed to reside on a row, then all display characters after the first thirty-two will have normal width (12 pixels). Display Window 2 Horizontal Start Location Register Register Name (address): HSTRT2 (0x8418) 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 2H7 2H6 2H5 2H4 2H3 2H2 2H1 2H0 Bits 7-0 This register determines the horizontal start position of Window 2 in OSD pixels (not video signal pixels). The actual position, to the right of the horizontal flyback pulse, is determined by multiplying this register value by 4 and adding 30. Due to pipeline delays, the first usable start location is approximately 42 OSD pixels following the horizontal flyback time. For this reason, we recommend this register be programmed with a number larger than 2, otherwise improper operation may result. Display Window 2 Vertical Start Location Register Register Name (address): VSTRT2 (0x8419) 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 2V7 2V6 2V5 2V4 2V3 2V2 2V1 2V0 Bits 7-0 This register determines the Vertical start position of Window 2 in constant-height character lines (not video scan lines). The actual position is determined by multiplying this register value by 2. (Note: each character line is treated as a single auto-height character pixel line, so multiple scan lines may actually be displayed in order to maintain accurate position relative to the OSD character cell size. See the Constant Character Height Mechanism section.) This register should be set so the entire OSD window is within the active video. Display Window 2 Start Address Register Names (addresses): W2STRTADRH (0x841B) W2STRTADRL (0x841A) 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 RSV RSV RSV RSV RSV RSV RSV 2AD8 2AD7 2AD6 2AD5 2AD4 2AD3 2AD2 1 0 2AD1 2AD0 Bits 8-0 This register determines the starting address of Display Window 2 in the Display Page RAM. This first address location will always contain the SL code for the first row of Display Window 2. Bits 15-9 These bits are reserved and should be set to zero. Display Window 2 Column Width Register Register Names (addresses): COLWIDTH2B3 COLWIDTH1B0 (0x841C) (0x841F), COLWIDTH1B2 (0x841E), COLWIDTH2B1 (0x841D), 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 COL 31 COL 30 COL 29 COL 28 COL 27 COL 26 COL 25 COL 24 COL 23 COL 22 COL 21 COL 20 COL 19 COL 18 COL 17 COL 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 COL15 COL14 COL13 COL12 COL11 COL10 COL9 COL8 COL7 COL6 COL5 COL4 COL3 COL2 COL1 COL0 35 www.national.com LM1237 Control Register Definitions Bits 31-0 (Continued) These are the Display Window 2 Column Width 2x Enable Bits. These thirty-two bits correspond to columns 31-0 of Display Window 2, respectively. A value of zero indicates the column will have normal width (12 OSD pixels). A value of one indicates the column will be twice as wide as normal (24 OSD pixels). For the double wide case, each Character Font pixel location will be displayed twice, in two consecutive horizontal pixel locations. The user should note that if more than 32 display characters are programmed to reside on a row, then all display characters after the first thirty-two will have normal width (12 pixels). Pre-Amplifier Interface Registers Blue Channel Gain Register Register Name (address): BGAINCTRL (0x8430) 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 RSV BG6 BG5 BG4 BG3 BG2 BG1 BG0 Bits 6-0 This register determines the gain of the blue video channel. Bit 7 Reserved and should be set to zero. Green Channel Gain Register Register Name (address): GGAINCTRL (0x8431) 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 RSV GG6 GG5 GG4 GG3 GG2 GG1 GG0 Bits 6-0 This register determines the gain of the green video channel. Bit 7 Reserved and should be set to zero. Red Channel Gain Register Register Name (address): RGAINCTRL (0x8432) 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 RSV RG6 RG5 RG4 RG3 RG2 RG1 RG0 Bits 6-0 This register determines the gain of the red video channel. Bit 7 Reserved and should be set to zero. Contrast Control Register Register Name (address): CONTRCTRL (0x8433) 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 RSV CG6 CG5 CG4 CG3 CG2 CG1 CG0 Bits 6-0 This register determines the contrast gain and affects all three channels, blue, red and green. Bit 7 Reserved and should be set to zero. DAC 1 Register Register Name (address): DAC1CTRL (0x8434) 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 BC7 BC6 BC5 BC4 BC3 BC2 BC1 BC0 Bits 7-0 This register determines the output of DAC 1. The full-scale output is determined by bit 5 of the DAC Config, OSD Contrast & DC Offset Register. DAC 2 Register Register Name (address): DAC2CTRL (0x8435) 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 GC7 GC6 GC5 GC4 GC3 GC2 GC1 GC0 www.national.com 36 Bits 7-0 (Continued) This register determines the output of DAC 2. The full-scale output is determined by bit 5 of the DAC Config, OSD Contrast & DC Offset Register. DAC 3 Register Register Name (address): DAC3CTRL (0x8436) 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 RC7 RC6 RC5 RC4 RC3 RC2 RC1 RC0 Bits 7-0 This register determines the output of DAC 3. The full-scale output is determined by bit 5 of the DAC Config, OSD Contrast & DC Offset Register. DAC 4 Register Register Name (address): DAC4CTRL (0x8437) 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 BA7 BA6 BA5 BA4 BA3 BA2 BA1 BA0 Bits 7-0 This register determines the output of DAC 4. The output of this DAC can be scaled and mixed with the outputs of DACs 1-3 as determined by bit 6 of the DAC Config, OSD Contrast & DC Offset Register. DAC Config, OSD Contrast & DC Offset Register Register Name (address): DACOSDDCOFF (0x8438) 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 RSV DCF1 DCF0 OSD1 OSD0 DC2 DC1 DC0 Bits 2-0 These determine the DC offset of the three video outputs, blue, red and green. Bits 4-3 These determine the contrast of the internally generated OSD. Bit 5 When this bit is a 0, the full-scale outputs of DACs 1-3 are 4.5V. When it is a 1 the full-scale level is 2.5V. Bit 6 When this bit is a 0, the DAC 4 output is independent. When it is a 1, the DAC 4 output is scaled by 50% and added to the outputs of DACs 1-3. Bit 7 Reserved and should be set to zero. Global Video Control Register Register Name (address): GLOBALCTRL (0x8439) 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 RSV RSV RSV RSV RSV RSV PS BV Bit 0 When this bit is a 1, the video outputs are blanked (set to black level). When it is a 0, video is not blanked. Bit 1 When this bit is a 1, the analog sections of the preamplifier are shut down for low power consumption. When it is a 0, the analog sections are enabled. PLL Range Register Register Name (address): PLLFREQRNG (0x843E) 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 RSV RSV CLMP RSV OOR VBL PFR1 PFR0 Bits 1-0 These determine the optimum frequency range of the Phase Locked Loop. Please see Table 3 for recommended register values for various horizontal scan rates. Bit 2 This is the Vertical Blanking register. When this bit is a 1, vertical blanking is gated to the video outputs. When set to a 0, the video outputs do not have vertical blanking. 37 www.national.com LM1237 Pre-Amplifier Interface Registers LM1237 Pre-Amplifier Interface Registers (Continued) Bit 3 This is the OSD override bit. This should be set to 0 for normal operation. When set to a 1, the video outputs are disconnected and OSD only is displayed. This is useful for the OSD display of special conditions such as "No Signal" and "Input Signal Out of Range", to avoid seeing unsynchronized video. Bit 4 Reserved and should be set to zero. Bit 5 This is the Clamp Polarity bit. When set to a 0, the LM1237 expects a positive going clamp pulse. When set to a 1, the expected pulse is negative going. Bits 7-6 Reserved and should be set to zero. Software Reset and Test Control Register Register Name (address): SRTSTCTRL (0x843F) 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 RSV AID RSV RSV RSV RSV RSV SRST Bit 0 When this bit is a 1, all registers except this one are loaded with their default values. All operations are aborted, except data transfers in progress on the I2C compatible bus. This bit clears itself when the reset is complete. Bits 5-1 Reserved and should be set to zero. Bit 6 This bit disables the register Auto-Increment feature of the I2C compatible protocol. When set to a 1 Auto-Increment is disabled and when a 0, AI is enabled. Bit 7 Reserved and should be set to zero. Attribute Table and Enhanced Features Each display character and SL in the Display Page RAM will have a 4-bit Attribute Table entry associated with it. The user should note that two-color display characters and four-color display characters use two different Attribute Tables, effectively providing 16 attributes for two-color display characters and 16 attributes for four-color display characters. For two-color characters the attribute contains the code for the 9-bit foreground color (Color 2), the code for the 9-bit background color (Color 1), and the character's enhanced features (Button Box, Blinking, Heavy Box, Shadowing, Bordering, etc.). For four-color characters the attribute contains the code for the 9-bit Color 1, the code for the 9-bit Color 2, the code for the 9-bit Color 3, the code for the 9-bit Color 4 and the character's enhanced features (Button Box, Blinking, Heavy Box, Shadowing, Bordering, etc.). Two Color Attribute Format Register Names (addresses): ATT2C3n (0x8443+n*4), ATT2C2n (0x8442+n*4), ATT2C1n (0x8441+n*4), ATT2C0n (0x8440+n*4), where n is the attribute value as described in Table 100. 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 RSV RSV RSV RSV RSV RSV RSV RSV RSV RSV EFB3 EFB2 EFB1 EFB0 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 6 5 4 3 2 C2B0 C2G2 C2G1 C2G0 C2R2 C2R1 C2R0 8 7 C1B2 C1B1 17 16 C2B2 C2B1 1 0 C1B0 C1G2 C1G1 C1G0 C1R2 C1R1 C1R0 Bits 8-0 These nine bits determine the background color (color1) which is displayed when the corresponding OSD pixel is a 0. Bits 17-9 These nine bits determine the foreground color (color2) which is displayed when the corresponding OSD pixel is a 1. Bits 21 -18 These are the enhanced feature (EF) bits which determine which feature is applied to the displayed character. The features and their corresponding codes are shown in Table 13. Bits 31-22 Reserved and should be set to zero. TABLE 13. Enhanced Feature Descriptions Bits 21-18 Feature Description 0000b Normal Display (color2/color1) 0001b Blinking 0010b Shadowing www.national.com 38 LM1237 Attribute Table and Enhanced Features (Continued) TABLE 13. Enhanced Feature Descriptions (Continued) Bits 21-18 Feature Description 0011b Bordering 0100b RESERVED 0101b RESERVED 0110b RESERVED 0111b RESERVED 1000b Raised Box 1001b Blinking and Raised Box 1010b Depressed Box 1011b Blinking and Depressed Box 1100b Heavy Raised Box 1101b Blinking and Heavy Raised Box 1110b Heavy Depressed Box 1111b Blinking and Heavy Depressed Box Four Color Attribute Format Register Names (addresses): ATT4C7n (0x8507+n*4), ATT4C6n (0x8507+n*4), ATT4C5n (0x8507+n*4), ATT4C4n (0x8507+n*4), ATT4C3n (0x8507+n*4), ATT4C2n (0x8507+n*4), ATT4C1n (0x8507+n*4), ATT4C0n (0x8507+n*4), where n is the attribute value (Table 100). 63 62 61 60 59 58 57 56 55 54 53 52 51 50 RSV RSV RSV RSV RSV RSV RSV RSV RSV RSV RSV RSV RSV RSV 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 38 37 36 35 34 C4B0 C4G2 C4G1 C4G0 C4R2 C4R1 C4R0 40 39 C3B2 C3B1 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 RSV RSV RSV RSV RSV RSV RSV RSV RSV RSV EFB3 EFB2 EFB1 EFB0 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 6 5 4 3 2 8 7 C1B2 C1B1 48 33 32 C3B0 C3G2 C3G1 C3G0 C3R2 C3R1 C3R0 31 C2B0 C2G2 C2G1 C2G0 C2R2 C2R1 C2R0 49 C4B2 C4B1 17 16 C2B2 C2B1 1 0 C1B0 C1G2 C1G1 C1G0 C1R2 C1R1 C1R0 Bits 8-0 These nine bits determine the color1 which is displayed when the corresponding OSD pixel code is 00b. Bits 17-9 These nine bits determine the color2 which is displayed when the corresponding OSD pixel code is a 01b. Bits 21-18 These are the enhanced feature (EF) bits which determine which feature is applied to the displayed character. The features and their corresponding codes are shown in Table 14. Bits 31-22 Reserved and should be set to zero. Bits 40-32 These nine bits determine the color3 which is displayed when the corresponding OSD pixel code is a 10b. Bits 49-41 These nine bits determine the color4 which is displayed when the corresponding OSD pixel code is an 11b. Bits 63-50 Reserved and should be set to zero. TABLE 14. Attribute Tables and Corresponding Addresses Attribute Value (n) Two-Color Attribute Table Address Four-Color Attribute Table Address 0000b 0x8440-0x8443 0x8500-0x8507 0001b 0x8444-0x8447 0x8508-0x850F 0010b 0x8448-0x844B 0x8510-0x8517 0x8518-0x851F 0011b 0x844C-0x844F 0100b 0x8450-0x8453 0x8520-0x8527 0101b 0x8454-0x8457 0x8528-0x852F 0110b 0x8458-0x845B 0x8530-0x8537 0x8538-0x853F 0111b 0x845C-0x845F 1000b 0x8460-0x8463 0x8540-0x8547 1001b 0x8464-0x8467 0x8548-0x854F 39 www.national.com LM1237 Attribute Table and Enhanced Features (Continued) TABLE 14. Attribute Tables and Corresponding Addresses (Continued) Attribute Value (n) Two-Color Attribute Table Address 1010b 0x8468-0x846B 0x8550-0x8557 1011b 0x846C-0x846F 0x8558-0x855F 1100b 0x8470-0x8473 0x8560-0x8567 1101b 0x8474-0x8477 0x8568-0x856F 1110b 0x8478-0x847B 0x8570-0x8577 1111b 0x847C-0x847F 0x8578-0x857F BUTTON BOX FORMATION The value of the most significant Enhanced Feature Bit (EFB3) determines when to draw the left, right, bottom and top sides of a Box. EFB1 denotes whether a box is raised or depressed, and EFB2 denotes whether the box is normal or `heavy'. For normal boxes, the lowlight color is determined by the color code stored in the register EF2. For the heavy box feature, the lowlight is determined by the color code stored in register EF3. Boxes are created by a `pixel override' system that overwrites character cell pixel information with either the highlight color (EF1) or low light shadow (EF2 or EF3) of the box. Only the top pixel line of the character and the right edge of the character can be overwritten by the pixel override system. Four-Color Attribute Table Address create a box around the left most displayed character, a transparent `blank' character must be used in the first character position. This character will not be visible on the screen, but allows the formation of the box. * * * At least one skip line must be used beneath characters on the bottom row, if a box is required around any characters on this row in order to accommodate the bottom edge of the box. Skipped lines cannot be used within a box covering several rows. Irregular shaped boxes, (i.e., other than rectangular), may have some missing edges. Operation of the Shadow Feature The shadow feature is created as follows: As each 12-bit line in the character is called from ROM, the line immediately preceding it is also called and used to create a `pixel override' mask. Bits 11 through 1 of the preceding line are compared to bits 10 through 0 of the current character line. Each bit X in the current line is compared to bit X+1 in the preceding line (i.e., the pixel above and to the left of the current pixel). Note that bit 11 of the current line cannot be shadowed. A pixel override output mask is then created. When a pixel override output is 1 for a given pixel position, the color of that pixel must be substituted with the color code stored in the register EF3. Please see Figure 24 for an example. To form a complete box, the left hand edge of a box is created by overwriting the pixels in the right most column of the preceding character to one being enclosed by the box. The bottom edge of a box is created by either -- * overwriting the pixels in the top line of the character below the character being enclosed by the box, or * overwriting the pixels in the top line of the skipped lines below, in the case where skip lines are present below a boxed character. Characters should be designed so that button boxes will not interfere with the character. Some minor limitations result from the above box formation methodology: * No box may use the left most display character in the Display Window, or it will have no left side of the Box. To 20023444 FIGURE 24. Operation of the Shadow Feature www.national.com 40 has a fixed number of lines, C, (where C = 18), then the character height will reduce as the number of scan lines increase, assuming a constant image height. To prevent this, the OSD generator repeats some of the lines in the OSD character in order to maintain a constant height percentage of the vertical image size. Operation of the Bordering Feature Borders are created in a similar manner to the shadows, using the pixel override system to overwrite pixel data with a pixel color set by EF3. However, instead of comparing just the previous line to the current line, all pixels surrounding a given pixel are examined. The pixel override is created as follows: As each 12-bit line in the character is called from ROM, the character line immediately above and the line immediately below are also called. A `Pixel Override' output mask is then created by looking at all pixels surrounding the pixel: In the LM1237, an approximation method is used to determine which lines are repeated, and how many times each line is repeated. The constant character height mechanism will not decrease the OSD character matrix to less than 18 lines. Each character will be at least 18 lines high. Display Window 1 to Display Window 2 Spacing There is no required vertical spacing between Display Window 1 and Display Window 2, but they should not overlap. There must be a two-character horizontal space between Display Window 1 and Display Window 2 for proper operation of both windows or undefined results may occur. When a black override output is 1 for a given pixel position, X, the color of that pixel must be substituted with the color code stored in the register EF3. Because the shadowing relies upon information about the pixels surrounding any given pixel, the bordering system may not operate correctly for pixels in the perimeter of the character (line 0, line 17, column 0 and column 11). Evaluation Character Fonts The character font for evaluation of the LM1237 is shown in Figure 25. The actual font will depend on customer customization requirements. Note that the first two character codes of the two-color font (0x00 and 0x01) are reserved for the Window End (WE) and Row End (RE) codes respectively. Constant Character Height Mechanism The CRT monitor scan circuits ensure that the height of the displayed image remains constant so the physical height of a single displayed pixel row will decrease as the total number of image scan lines increases. As the OSD character matrix 20023445 FIGURE 25. Character Font 41 www.national.com LM1237 Attribute Table and Enhanced Features (Continued) LM1237 150 MHz I2C Compatible RGB Preamplifier with Internal 254 Character OSD and 4 DACs Physical Dimensions inches (millimeters) unless otherwise noted LIFE SUPPORT POLICY NATIONAL'S PRODUCTS ARE NOT AUTHORIZED FOR USE AS CRITICAL COMPONENTS IN LIFE SUPPORT DEVICES OR SYSTEMS WITHOUT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN APPROVAL OF THE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL OF NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION. As used herein: 1. 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