TLC34075 Datasheet, PDF (7/52 Pages) Texas Instruments – Video Interface Palette

1 Introduction
The TLC34075 Video Interface Palette (VIP) is designed to provide lower system cost with a higher level
of integration by incorporating all the high-speed timing, synchronizing, and multiplexing logic usually
associated with graphics systems into one device, thus greatly reducing chip count. Since all high-speed
signals (excluding the clock source) are contained on-chip, RF noise considerations are simplified.
Maximum flexibility is provided through the pixel multiplexing scheme, which allows for 32-, 16-, 8-, and 4-bit
pixel buses to be accommodated without any circuit modification. This enables the system to be easily
reconfigured for varying amounts of available video RAM. Data can be split into 1, 2, 4, or 8 bit planes. The
TLC34075 is software-compatible with the INMOS IMSG176/8 and Brooktree BT476/8 color palettes.
The TLC34075 features a separate VGA bus that allows data from the feature connector of most
VGA-supported personal computers to be fed directly into the palette without the need for external data
multiplexing. This allows a replacement graphics board to remain downward compatible by utilizing the
existing graphics circuitry often located on the motherboard. The TLC34075 also provides a true color mode
in which 24 (3 by 8) bits of color information are transferred directly from the pixel port to the DACs. This
mode of operation supplies an overlay function using the 8 remaining bits of the pixel bus.
The TLC34075 has a 256-by-24 color lookup table with triple 8-bit video D/A converters capable of directly
driving a doubly terminated 75-Ω line. Sync generation is incorporated on the green output channel. HSYNC
and VSYNC are fed through the device and optionally inverted to indicate screen resolution to the monitor.
A palette page register provides the additional bits of palette address when 1, 2, or 4 bit planes are used.
This allows the screen colors to be changed with only one MPU write cycle.
Clocking is provided through one of four or five inputs (3 TTL- and either 1 ECL- or 2 TTL-compatible) and
is software selectable. The video and shift clock outputs provide a software-selected divide ratio of the
chosen clock input.
The TLC34075 can be connected directly to the serial port of VRAM devices, eliminating the need for any
discrete logic. Support for split shift register transfers is also provided.
1.1 Features
• Versatile multiplexing interface allows lower pixel bus rate
• High level of integration provides lower system cost and complexity
• Direct VGA pass-through capability
• Directly interfaces to TMS34010/TMS34020 and other graphics processors
• Triple 8-bit D/A converters
• 66-, 85-, 110-, and 135-MHz versions
• 256-word color palette RAM
• Palette page register
• On-chip voltage reference
• RS-343A-compatible outputs
• TTL-compatible inputs
• Standard MPU interface
• Pixel word mask
• On-chip clock selection
• True color (direct addressing) mode
• Directly interfaces to video RAM
• Supports split shift register transfers
• Software downward-compatible with INMOS IMSG176/8 and Brooktree BT476/8 color palettes
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