On Mon, 2006-03-20 at 16:12 -0500, Timothy Miller wrote:

> Yes and no.  If we decide to go ahead and use single-ended LVDS
> buffers, that will free up more extra pins than we need for just
> video.  I have some things I'd like to use those for.  The problem is
> the time and added cost necessary to for the extra LVDS buffer chips. 
> The routing may not be a huge problem (1/2 as many signals come away
> from the FPGA to the high-speed video section), but we're going to be
> tight on space.  For that matter, just because you've freed up a pin
> doesn't mean you can necessarily practically use it for something
> else.

Would it be possible to only have X number of the high bits use this
approach while the others do not? Or maybe one color can and not
another. A bit more complicated, but would possibly be a good middle
ground and save a few pins at a moderate extra cost and space usage.

-HK

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