"Randy Yates" <yates@ieee.org> wrote in message 
news:1131999655.795336.128990@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Hi Folks,
>
> Does anyone know of an elegant solution to the problem of
> interfacing a 6416, which does NOT have an integrated
> video port like the DM642 does, to a video decoder
> (like the TI TVP5150) and video encoder?
>
> --Randy

Small fpga or cpld if it will fit.
Depends on the voltage levels if you will need level shifters.

One of the cheaper xilinx or Altera chips
Xilinx spartan2e or spartan3
or
Altera Cyclone or cyclone2.

Worth sticking to the ones you can buy direct from
Altera or Xilinx or Digikey in small quantities.

Spectrum didigtal just released an fpga addon for their DM642 evm.
<http://www.spectrumdigital.com/product_info.php?cPath=25&products_id=174&osCsid=472f8920f317e374d49332fb061acb87>
uses a Xilinx virtex4 SX which has extra dsp/multiplier blocks.
For interfacing plain logic blocks arebetter unless you want to
offload some of the processing.

Table of all xilinx devices
<http://www.xilinx.com/products/silicon_solutions/fpgas/product_tables.htm>

Xilinx has a special on their spartan3 starter kit and cpld board both for 
US$99
but the connectors on the S3kit board are not going to
be good enough for video.
<http://www.xilinx.com/xlnx/xebiz/designResources/ip_product_details.jsp?key=HW-SPAR3-CPLD-DK>

The memec(now Avnet) spartan3 mini module
<http://www.em.avnet.com/evk/home/0,1719,RID%253D0%2526CID%253D25724%2526CCD%253DUSA%2526SID%253D4742%2526DID%253DDF2%2526SRT%253D1%2526LID%253D18806%2526PVW%253D%2526BID%253DDF2%2526CTP%253DEVK,00.html>

Avnet dev boards
<http://www.em.avnet.com/evk/home/0,1719,CID%253D0%2526CCD%253DUSA%2526SID%253D6450%2526DID%253DADA%2526LID%253D6457%2526PVW%253D%2526BID%253DDF2%2526CTP%253DEVK,00.html>

http://www.nuhorizons.com/devboards/
There is an online board from nuhorizons
http://www.techonline.com/community/ed_resource/virtualab/37343
also
http://www.techonline.com/community/38647

Couldn't find a similar table on Altera
http://www.altera.com/products/devices/common/dev-family_overview.html

Altera has a few boards that can plug into
the dsk boards
http://www.altera.com/products/devkits/altera/kit-dsp-2C35.html
http://www.altera.com/products/devkits/altera/kit-dsp-2S60.html
http://www.altera.com/products/devkits/altera/kit-dsp-2S180.html
http://www.altera.com/products/devkits/altera/kit-dsp_stratix_pro.html  ??

Alex