Design for Embedded Image Processing on FPGAs Donald G. Bailey
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Technologies, including its latest embedded tools that simplify the design and development of FPGA-based embedded systems, along with a look into the future with upcoming technologies such as optical FPGA interconnect and OpenCL for FPGAs. In the current design of vision guide system, general CPU, embedded CPU and DSP are the foundations of the hardware platform. The embedded firmware engineer is responsible for the architectural design and implementation of firmware components for embedded image capture and processing systems. The design integrates two configurations of Mercury's PowerBlock® 15 Ultra-Compact Embedded Computers and uniquely combines the processing speed of Intel® Core™ i7 with FPGA capabilities for a real-time sensor interface in an ultra- small form factor. Additionally, using FPGAs helps eliminate the need to design custom hardware. In addition to these design characteristics, Anderson indicates that an embedded design engineer must also be comfortable with the concepts of thermal loading, the MIPS/watts ratio, an intimate knowledge of the target hardware to the register .. Anderson received his PhD in electrical and computer engineering at the University of Wyoming with a research emphasis in image processing in 2004. Vision navigation is a way that controls the direction when vehicle moving based on the positional difference between the path and the vehicle, so, incepting and processing the colorized path image is the base and pivotal approach in it. Devices such as CPLDs and FPGAs are targeted in this design process. Various image processing tests have been run on the FPGA platform to demonstrate the functionality of a design that uses 12 parallel processors. Demonstrations in Altera's booth include a variety of FPGA-based embedded systems in the areas of video processing, H.264 video compression, music synthesis and image processing with multifunction printers. What is your preferred platform for FPGA Design Flow ? "We see the speed and flexibility of FPGAs as a crucial technology to perform intensive image processing at high speeds," said James Cotton, a graduate researcher in neuroscience at Baylor College of Medicine. DSP and Microprocessor Algorithms Refactored for FPGA Acceleration. 1% In addition, Xilinx Alliance Program members will also demonstrate how All Programmable devices are enabling smarter embedded systems at DESIGN West 2013. Impulse Launches FPGA Image Processing Design Services. The hyperspectral image processing system designed by Mercury includes two configurations of its PowerBlock 15 Ultra-Compact Embedded Computers, one for storage and one for image processing.