AN 837: Design Guidelines for HDMI Intel FPGA IP

ID 683677
Date 1/28/2019
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1.4. Hot-Plug Detect (HPD)

The HPD signal depends on the incoming +5V Power signal, for example, the HPD pin may be asserted only when the +5V Power signal from the source is detected.

To interface with an FPGA, you need to translate the 5V HPD signal to the FPGA I/O voltage level (VCCIO), using a voltage level translator such as TI TXB0102, which does not have pull-up resistors integrated. An HDMI source needs to pull down the HPD signal so that it can reliably differentiate between a floating HPD signal and a high voltage level HPD signal.

An HDMI sink +5V Power signal must be translated to FPGA I/O voltage level (VCCIO). The signal must be weakly pulled down with a resistor (10K) to differentiate a floating +5V Power signal when not driven by an HDMI source. An HDMI source +5V Power signal has over-current protection of no more than 0.5A.