Can HDMI signals be generated by FPGA board like Mojo

[arbj2]

Hi,

I am very new to FPGA, I have experience in micro-controllers and electronics but not FPGA design.

I have identified this Mojo FPGA development board. See link
https://www.adafruit.com/product/1553

I thought this may be a good board to get started on FPGA design.

I would like to know if HDMI signals can be generated using FPGA ?, all I would like to do is draw some lines and write some text on the screen using HDMI. I know this will be difficult for a novice like me, however I just need to know if this is possible ? This link suggests it is possible, however they dont mention what board is being used.
https://www.fpga4fun.com/HDMI.html

How is the review for the mojo board is this suitable for beginners ?

I have also identified another board, please see link below. The 'RioRand® EP2C5T144 Altera Cyclone II FPGA Mini Development Board'

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LEMKR92/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A240XKQA2DV1DP

Between the Mojo and the RioRand which do you think is more suited for me ? I found the mojo a bit more user friendly as they have schematics and tutorials and an ISE.

thanks
a

 

[dpaul]

https://www.adafruit.com/product/1553
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...A240XKQA2DV1DP

I don't see any HDMI port in any of the boards above.

Of course you can generate HDMI signals using any FPGA but then if there are no on-board HDMI connector ports, how do you bring the HDMI signals out to the real world?

 

[arbj2]

The HDMI connector can be soldered via jumper cables to the board ?

Something like this ?
https://in.element14.com/fci/10029449-001rlf/hdmi-connector-receptacle-19pos/dp/1692037

Will a HDMI framer chip be required for this application ?

thanks
a

 

[ads-ee]

I hope you realize that HDMI uses signals that are high speed (not some slow arduino or other uC I/O). If you attach a connector to the board via jumper cables don't expect your HDMI to work.

Get a board with an HDMI connector already built into the board.
A pretty interesting board was some crowdfunded board called snickerdoodle and a addon board that was called picrusher or something that was supposed to make the snickerdoodle better than a Raspberry Pi in every way (except I imagine in power consumption ;-)).

There are a few other options with HDMI, but I'm too lazy to search for them, just go to Xilinx or Altera's web site and look at the development boards for their parts.

 

[arbj2]

I hope you realize that HDMI uses signals that are high speed (not some slow arduino or other uC I/O). If you attach a connector to the board via jumper cables don't expect your HDMI to work.

I was thinking more in the lines of a breakout board as suggested here
https://www.knjn.com/shop.html?pg=img&src=5180

The breakout would have header pins that could be inserted into the female headers on the mojo. I realise this is not a good solution, but is better than connecting wires.

Another option would be is to buy a HDMI cable (these are cheap available easily), cutoff one of the connectors and directly solder the wires (20 conductors) to the mojo pins. The connection would be solid but would not be very portable, but I suspect noise levels would be high due to the exposed conductors.

Unfortunately boards in Altera and Xilinx are expensive these are above my budget.

Thanks for the suggestions though.

 

[dpaul]

https://www.knjn.com/shop.html?pg=img&src=5180

is good I think. The fact that it is being sold means that people must be successfully using it.
You didn't mention this in post #1 hence was my reply in #2.