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FPGA image processing solution!
VISIONspeedster
VISIONcreator
VISIONsolution
Frame Grabber Extension Boards
FPGA image processing solution!
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The IMAGEit System
High-speed Image Processing using FPGAs
IMAGEit VISIONcreator, VISIONspeedster, VISIONsolution
High-speed Image Processing with FPGAs
Until recently lots of industrial image processing tasks — especially in the high-speed sector — have evaded an effective
solution due to lack of processing speed.
But with the vast progress in chip technology nowadays socalled FPGAs (Field Programmable Gate Arrays) are available
which offer tremendous processing capabilities.
This is due to the inherently parallel operation paradigm of
the FPGA hardware, which elsewhere is only to be found in
application-specific ICs like graphics controllers. Using this
advanced technology now enables solutions in the field of
high-speed image processing.
With the IMAGEit products Pro Design GmbH meets the demands of digital image processing by utilizing the enormous
potential of FPGAs.
The FPGA-based IMAGEit products combine the parallel operation of application-specific chips with the flexibility and ease
of use attributed to software programming.
IMAGEit offers with:
Sample Applications
FFT 256x256 pixels
FFT 512x512 pixels
Offset and Gain Correction
Accumulation of frames
Adaptive Thresholding
Unsharp Operator
Blending of two image sources
Median Operator, 5x5, 8 bit
Sobel Operator, 8 bit
Addition of two images, 8 bit
Gaussian Operator, 5x5, 8 bit
Online web inspection in printing
industry, four scan-line cameras
Online inspection of textile fabrics
using three cameras
Performance
Resources
FPGA XCV2000E
70 frames/sec at 30 MHz
24 frames/sec at 100 MHz
‚Camera Realtime‘ (***)
‚Camera Realtime‘ (***)
‚Camera Realtime‘ (***)
‚Camera Realtime‘ (***)
‚Camera Realtime‘ (***)
‚Camera Realtime‘ (***)
‚Camera Realtime‘ (***)
‚Camera Realtime‘ (***)
‚Camera Realtime‘ (***)
‚Camera Realtime‘ (***) of
160MByte/sec at 50 MHz
17% (*)
25% (*)
11% (*)
18% (*)
8% (*)
15% (*)
10% (*)
7%
<1%
<1%
<1%
‚Camera Realtime‘ (***)
2% (**)
• VISIONspeedster an FPGA-based hardware platform — in
the form of a PCI card for the PC
• VISIONcreator2 the 2nd generation of the powerful visual
development tool, which enables you to create FPGA designs
without in-depth knowledge of hardware design and FPGA
technology — in form of an easy-to-use software
• VISIONsolution the full-custom turnkey solution of your
high-speed image processing task
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(*) incl. frame grabbing and host interface
(**) post-processing and analysis on a standard PC
(***) means that processing keeps pace with the camera’s pixel clock
68% (**)
The IMAGEit System
IMAGEit — The Big Picture
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VISIONcreator2
visual description of the application-specific hardware using the software tool
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Your Application
Examples
- Quality assurance and process control
- Surface inspection
- Measurement
- Inspection of completeness
- Pass/Fail testing
- Sorting
VISIONspeedster
Camera/Video Source
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image pre-processing in the applicationspecific hardware
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Output/post-processing
according to the customer’s
needs
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Frame Grabber Extension Board
interface for capturing the image data
in a standard PC
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VISIONcreator
VISIONcreator — Making FPGA Programming a Breeze
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Crucial for the successful use of FPGAs is to program them,
which considerably differs from writing software for an ordinary processor. In fact, the task is to design a digital integrated
circuit (chip).
The VISIONcreator software has been developed to make this
FPGA design process as easy as possible. VISIONcreator provides the user with a tool which enables him to develop FPGAbased hardware applications without in-depth knowledge in
hardware design and FPGA technology. Thus he can fully focus
on his application.
Working with the VISIONcreator is conceivably easy. First the
user creates a project and picks his target hardware from the
set of hardware libraries. Using other libraries, which contain
pre-designed functional modules, he then designs his application-specific processing.
The algorithmic description is done in a visual manner by
building up a signal flow graph. The VISIONcreator system
performs a design rule check which will spot errors in the
design.
Finally a so-called synthesis run is carried out resulting in the
FPGA configuration data to be generated. By downloading this
configuration stream into the FPGA of the target hardware
(e.g. VISIONspeedster) it will turn e.g. into a frame grabber
with subsequent custom image processing in ‘camera realtime’.
The VISIONcreator system is aware of the FPGA-specific features and peculiarities.
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Features:
• no in-depth knowledge of hardware design and FPGA technology needed
• extensive set of libraries(*) for:
- image enhancement
- mathematical operators to perform image
arithmetic
- convolution operators
- rank-based operators
• data transfer between hardware and host computer
• service programs and utilities for easy use of the
hardware
• optimized for IMAGEit VISIONspeedster
• user can integrate his own algorithmic blocks
• user can extend the VISIONcreator system to target his
own hardware
• can be adapted to various synthesis tools and
design flows
• operating systems: Windows NT, Windows 2000
• extensive documentation
• sample applications (**)
• hotline and support
System Requirements:
• Windows 2000 or Windows NT 4.0
• VHDL synthesis tool
• place and route tool (depends on the FPGA)
(*) will be constantly extended
(**) short documentation flyers available
VISIONcreator
Easy-to-handle User Interface
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VISIONspeedster
VISIONspeedster — Image Processing in Realtime
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VISIONspeedster is an FPGA-based image processing card for
PCs.
Its fields of application range from high-speed image processing in realtime, quality inspection (e.g. in the printing
industry), process monitoring and control as well as image
compression and de-compression.
As far as the selection of a concrete FPGA device is concerned
you can choose between various Virtex or Virtex-E series devices from Xilinx.
Having years of experience in FPGA technology we will be glad
to assist you in the selection of the device that fits best your
needs.
Cameras can be connected to the VISIONspeedster board by
means of various Frame Grabber Extension Boards. This way
VISIONspeedster supports a great variety of cameras with
analog, digital RS422, LVDS or Camera Link interfaces.
The data transfer between the VISIONspeedster board and
the host computer (PC) is accomplished via the UMRBus Communication System integrated in VISIONspeedster, which provides a very flexible and easy-to-use way of transferring data
in both directions, including interrupt functionality. Thus, while
transferring image data from the VISIONspeedster board into
the PC you can change dynamic parameters of the frame
grabber or other processing modules in parallel.
In addition to that a DMA channel interface has been implemented for autonomous data transfer in the background.
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You can obtain more detailed information on the Frame
Grabber Extension Boards and the VISIONspeedster itself as
well as on the UMRBus Communikation Sytsem and the DMA
interface if you request the respective technical datasheet.
Features:
• 32-Bit 33 MHz PCI Bus Interface (3.3V and 5V
compatible)
• XILINX FPGA ranging from XCV400E to XCV2000E
• 48 MByte SDRAM, 1 MByte SRAM
• UMRBus Communication System, DMA channel
• Frame Grabber Extension Boards for
- analog cameras
- digital cameras with RS422 interface
- digital cameras with LVDS interface
- digital cameras with Camera Link interface
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Application Programming Interface for C and Tcl/Tk
Device drivers for Linux, Windows NT, Windows 2000
SDRAM controller, interface modules, simulation models
synthesis scripts
extensive documentation, sample applications
hotline and support
System Requirements:
• PC (x86) with 2 free PCI slots (PCI rev. 2.1 or higher)
• Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0 or Linux (kernel 2.2.10 or
higher)
• synthesis tool
• XILINX place and route tool
VISIONspeedster
FPGA-based Image Processing without the need of being a
hardware specialist
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Frame Grabber Extension Boards — Interface to the Cameras
Simple Communication with the
VISIONspeedster via UMRBus
PC running the user’s software applications
Software
Application
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E.g. setting
frame grabber
parameters
Software
Application
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e.g. setting
a threshold
Software
Applikation
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e.g. displaying
image data
Simple yet powerful
Programming Interface
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Programming Library
and Device Drivers for
Linux, Windows NT / 2000
PCI Bus
VISIONspeedster — FPGA-based Image Processing Board
UMRBus
Hardware Interface
to the scalable
UMRBus
UMRBus
Simple but powerful
Hardware Interface
Interface
Modul
Interface
Modul
Interface
Modul
Communication
Interface
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e.g. frame grabber parameters
Communication
Interface
2
e.g. threshold
Communication
Interface
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e.g. image data
High-speed Image Processing in the FPGA of the VISIONspeedster Board generated using the VISIONcreator2
Software
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VISIONsolution
IMAGEit VISIONcreator, VISIONspeedster, VISIONsolution
Our high-speed image processing solutions are ideal for applications like
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surface inspection
completeness check
pass/fail tests
sorting
object measurement
parameter-based quality assurance and process control
To cut a long story short: all applications where vast amounts of data have to be processed.
According to your own expertise and resources you may purchase those parts of the IMAGEit
product line that meet your needs — up to a turnkey solution, including the elaboration of the
conceptual stages — for your application.
Do not hesitate to contact us — we are experts in high-speed image processing!
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ProDesign Electronic & CAD-Layout GmbH
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Tel: +49-8062-808-0
Fax:+49-8062-808-404
Contact: eda@prodesigncad.de
Internet: www.prodesigncad.de
FPGA image processing solution!
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Contact: eda@prodesigncad.de
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