Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI®) Display Serial Interface (DSI) is one of the most popular display interface in the consumer market today. On the other hand, Open LVDS Display Interface (OpenLDI) low voltage differential signal (LVDS) is still popular in some areas as the main predecessor of display interface. The majority of image sensors and application processors (AP) in the consumer market use MIPI Camera Serial Interface 2 (CSI-2) as a video signal interface. In some cases, the interface and/or format conversion is useful to connect devices which cannot connect directly.
The Lattice Semiconductor MIPI DSI/CSI-2 to OpenLDI LVDS Interface Bridge reference design for CertusPro-NX™, CrossLink™-NX and CrossLink devices takes DSI or CSI-2 MIPI data and converts the data to OpenLDI format on LVDS. The MIPI RX module can also be realized by a MIPI Hardened macro IP or soft macro utilizing general DDR modules (D-PHY Soft IP) while LVDS TX module is realized by soft macro utilizing general DDR modules.