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HDMI 2.1 Transmitter Subsystem v1.2 Product Guide (PG350)
Document ID
PG350
Release Date
2025-08-26
Version
1.2 English

The HDMI 2.1 TX Subsystem enables you to customize the example design for your system requirements. The following table shows a summary of the hardware required for each targeted board, supported processors, topologies, and the corresponding AMD Vitis™ software platform import example options.

Table 1. Example Design Support Summary
Development Boards Additional Hardware Processor Topology Vitis Import Example
ZCU102/ZCU106 HDMI 2.1 FMC (TB-FMCH-VFMC-HDMI) Daughter Card A53 Pass-Through Passthrough_A53
VCU118 HDMI 2.1 FMC (TB-FMCH-VFMC-HDMI) Daughter Card MicroBlaze™ Pass-Through Passthrough_Microblaze
ZCU106 HDMI 2.1 FMC (TB-FMCH-VFMC-HDMI) Daughter Card A53 Pass-Through with Advance Features Passthrough_A53
VCK190 HDMI 2.1 FMC (TB-FMCH-VFMC-HDMI) Daughter Card A72 Pass-Through Passthrough_A72
VEK280 N/A A72 Pass-Through Passthrough_A72_VEK
VEK385 5 N/A A78 Pass-Through PassThrough_A78
  1. The Pass-Through design on VEK280 (REV-A) Board supports only up to an FRL Rate of 8 Gb/s.
  2. The Pass-Through with Advance Features example design supports VRR, QFT, QMS, ALLM, and Dynamic HDR. Supports only 8bpc for 8kp60 YUV 420, 8kp30, and 4kp120 RGB/YUV44 resolutions.
  3. The example designs supports only up to 8 Channel Audio.
  4. HDMI 2.1 pass through example does not support Audio N/CTS conversion in case of TX and RX are in different FRL rates
  5. The HDMI 2.1 pass through example design is supported for VEK385. The design can be generated from the HDMI 2.1 RX Subsystem. For details, refer to HDMI 2.1 Receiver Subsystem Product Guide (PG351).
Important: AMD recommends using only HDMI 2.1 Category 3 (ULTRA HIGH SPEED HDMI) certified cables for Fixed Rate Link Video Receive/Transmit. The HDMI 2.1 FRL Mode is tested with the Belkin 48 Gb/s HDMI 2.1 Ultra High Speed HDMI (Category 3) cable.
Note: Contact Inervium/Tokyo Electron Device for HDMI 2.1 FMC (TB-FMCH-VFMC-HDMI) Daughter Card (https://us.teldevice.com/product/tb-fmch-vfmc-hdmi/).
Note: For redriver information, refer to the Onsemi NB7NQ621M or TI TMDS1204 data sheets.