What is Transition-minimized differential signaling?
'''Transition Minimized Differential Signaling''' (or '''TMDS''') is a standard that is used to transport uncompressed data to a digital device. The data transmitted is [[digital]]. By using a digital signal instead of an analogue signal, the impact of [[Electromagnetic interference]] on the signal is reduced. This mode of transmission is mainly used for audio and visual data. TMDS uses [[8b/10b encoding]]. The code set is different from the original, developed by [[IBM]]. Encoding is a two-stage process that uses [[XOR]] and [[XNOR]] gates. Whether to use XOR or XNOR operation is selected, so that the number ofsignal transitions is minimal; this is where the name is from. [[S/PDIF]] is a similar standard, used in consumer audio equipment. {{tech-stub}} [[Category:Signalling]]