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ADV7842 HPA Operation

Hello,

I am using the port A HDMI input of the ADV7842 and have been unsuccessful in getting the HPA_A (Hot Plug Assert) pin to output a high when 5V is supplied to RXA_5V.  I have been looked through the 5V Cable Detection section and Hot Plug Assert section in the UG-214 guide to help troubleshoot but, can't find the cause of the problem.


Here are things I have tested:

- I verified the registers mentioned in the Hot Plug Assert section actually matched the default values in the guide. HPA_TRISTATE_A was 0 (pin is active), HPA_AUTO_INT_EDID[1:0] was 01'b, HPA_MAN_VALUE_A was 0'b, etc.

- CABLE_DET_A_RAW accurately detects +5V on RXA_5V when a HDMI video source in connected and disconnected.

- HPA_STATUS_PORT_A status bit was 1, indicating the chip should have asserted 5V to the pin.  This bit also changed when the video source was connected and disconnected.

- The HPA_A pin could not be forced on by setting HPA _MANUAL to 1 and HPA_MAN_VALUE to 1.

- Our design has the recommended 1-KOhm resistance between the +5V and HPA.

Any suggestions on getting the HPA_A working would be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,

Matthew

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  • I believe we found the problem and it was in our design.  We have a front end switch that routes different TMDS video sources (as well as DDC data) to the ADV7842 chip.  The mistake we made was to place the 1KOhm pull-up  in front of the switch instead of the ADV7842.  This would not have been an issue, except the switch pulls the HPA return signal low on the video source side when the HPA signal on the sink side to the ADV is low.

    Thank you again GuenterL, and I hope this might help others in their design.


    Matthew

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  • I believe we found the problem and it was in our design.  We have a front end switch that routes different TMDS video sources (as well as DDC data) to the ADV7842 chip.  The mistake we made was to place the 1KOhm pull-up  in front of the switch instead of the ADV7842.  This would not have been an issue, except the switch pulls the HPA return signal low on the video source side when the HPA signal on the sink side to the ADV is low.

    Thank you again GuenterL, and I hope this might help others in their design.


    Matthew

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