IM1HDMI 1.4a
This course covers the HDMI multimedia interface
Objectives
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- Experience of a digital bus is recommended.
- Theoretical course
- PDF material in English (printed for face-to-face); online over Teams.
- Trainer assistance throughout.
- Each session starts with a trainee check-in.
- Any embedded systems engineer or technician with the above prerequisites.
- Prerequisites are checked before the training.
- Progress is assessed by quizzes at the end of sections.
- Each trainee receives a completion certificate.
- If a prerequisite gap appears, alternative or additional training is offered.
Course Outline
- Digital link between audio / video source and display or video-projector
- Pinout, source and sink requirements
- Status exchange through VESA DDC channel
- Optional HDMI Ethernet and Audio Return Channel (HEAC)
- Content protection technology
- Compatibility with Digital Visual Interface [DVI], adapter
- Mechanical specification, connectors Type A, B, C, D and E
- Dual link capability
- Maximum possible bit rates
- TMDS character time definition
- Single-ended differential signal, definition of the swing
- Sink clock recovery
- Line termination and equalization
- Source pre-emphasis
- Source and sink TMDS characteristics, eye diagrams
- I2C and CEC signal requirements
- Interface testing (compliance checklist)
- Lecroy QualiPHY HDMI test solution
- HEAC physical layer, MLT-3 signaling
- Simultaneous transmitting ARC and MLT-3 100BASE-TX signals
- Differential mode and common mode transmission characteristics
- Clock channel, pixel rate
- Encoder mux
- Leading and trailing guard bands and preamble
- TERC4 data coding scheme
- Video data coding
- Purpose of auxiliary data
- Error correction
- Packet formats
- Video standard basics, SDTV, EDTV, HDTV
- 3D video format structure
- 3D transmission video formats
- Video data coding 24, 30, 36 or 48 bits
- Video control signals HSYNC, VSYNC
- Video data decoding
- Video format timing specification
- Color depth requirements
- Gamut-related metadata
- Audio basics, L-PCM coding, IEC standards
- Audio sample clock capture and regeneration, N and CTS parameters
- Using a CEC feedback channel to adjust the clock in the Source device
- Audio, video synchronization
- Audio data packetization
- DST usage
- HEAC audio return channel
- I2C basics
- The Display Data Channel [DDC] usage during configuration
- VESA enhanced display data channel standard
- Physical address discovery algorithm
- AVI info frame
- Audio info frame
- E-EDID data structure
- CEA extension
- HDMI vendor-specific data block
- DVI / HDMI device discrimination
- Consumer Electronic Control
- CEC command description, remote control, AV-link protocol
- HEAC capability discovery and control
- CDC arbitration
- Channel states and transitions
- Activation of an HDMI channel
- HEC control for adjacent devices
- Message description
- Networking using 100BASE-TX
- Connection to internet via home network
- Switching, loop detection and removal
- HDCP specification (DRM)
- Authentication of devices
- Computation of shared key
- Multimedia contents encryption
- HDCP over HDMI
- ACP packets
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Last update of course schedule: 27 June 2026
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