MIPI PAL Verification IP 

Truechip's MIPI PAL Verification IP provides an effective & efficient way to verify the components interfacing with MIPI PAL interface of an IP or SoC. Truechip's MIPI PAL VIP is fully compliant with MIPI Alliance Specifications for respective PALs i.e. Version 1.1 for PAL-CSI2, Version 1.0 for PAL-DSI2, Version 1.0 for PAL-eDP-DP, Version 1.0 for PAL ETH, Version 1.0 for PAL-GPIO, Version 1.0.1 for PAL-I2C and Version 1.0 for PAL-SPI. This VIP is a light weight VIP with easy plug-and-play interface so that there is no hit on the design cycle time.

Key Benefits

• Available in native System Verilog (UVM/OVM/VMM) and Verilog
• Unique development methodology to ensure the highest levels of quality
• 24X5 customer support
• Unique and customizable licensing models
• Exhaustive set of assertions and coverage points with connectivity examples for all the components
• Consistency of interface, installation, operation, and documentation across all our VIPs
• Provide complete solutions and easy integration in IP and SoC environment

Features

• Compliant to MIPI Alliance Specifications for respective PALs.
• Supports all possible respective Native Protocols i.e. CSI-2, DSI-2, eDP-DP, ETH, GPIO, I2C and SPI.
• Full PAL Source and Sink functionality.
• Supports all the tunnelling modes i.e. Transparent Mode, Legacy Mode and Mixed Mode for PAL-CSI2.
• Supports tunnelling and unifying function, chunking function and packing function with timestamping for PAL-CSI2.
• Supports Reference Clock (RCLK) Forwarding for PAL-CSI2.
• Supports eDP-DP HPD and eDP-DP AUX over A-PHY for PAL-eDP-DP.
• Supports framing function, chunking function and packing function for PAL-ETH.
• Supports Oversampling Mode and Event Pattern Mode for PAL-GPIO.
• Supports Single-Byte and Multi-Byte Payload Format for PAL-I2C.
• Supports Multi-Session ICA Modes for PAL-I2C.
• Supports transporting function and packing function for PAL-SPI.
• Can be configured for normal and error scenarios.
• A wide variety of error injections.
• Functional Coverage of all configurations.
• Callback for user control.
• Support dynamically configurable modes.
• Strong Protocol Monitor with real time exhaustive programmable checks.
• Supports Dynamic as well as Static Error Injection scenarios.
• On the fly protocol checking using assertions.
• Built in Coverage analysis.
• Graphical analyser to show transactions for easy debugging.

Deliverables

• MIPI PAL Source / Sink BFM / Agent
• MIPI PAL Monitor and Scoreboard
• Test Environment & Test Suite:
  • Basic and Directed Protocol Tests
  • Random and Dynamic Tests
  • Error Scenario Tests
  • Assertions & Cover Point Tests
  • Conformance Tests
• Integration Guide, User Manual and Release Notes