Video stream processing ARM based System-on-Chip (SoC)
  
Figure 1. Movie superposition performance
The ARM system designed here is used to perform movie superposition. It is a system based on ARM processor, HES board and PLI interface.
Hardware:
- HES board 2000
- ARM daughter board
Software:
- Active-HDL
- ARM Device Suite
- DVM
- ISE
When a special program opens two .avi files, the data from them is read and sent to the slave device through AMBA interface. The “Slave_Superposition” block decompresses and superposes the data received from ARM processor. The results are sent to three windows (Background, Picture and Result) through simulator and PLI-interface.
Figure 2. ARM system architecture
Digital Filters
 
Figure 3. Hardware blur and outline filters
The filters designed can process digital images in RGB format. They can solve a broad range of tasks including image softening, image edge-detection, implementation of any filter with 3×3 symmetric convolution kernel.
Features
- Image softening
- Image edge-detection
- Any filters with 3×3 symmetric convolution kernels can be realized
- Available for Virtex , Virtex-E.
- Available for RGB file format
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| Figure 4. Filter Interface |
Figure 5: Filter Architecture (single color channel) |
Following design and verification tools were used: Hardware: HES board 2000; ARM daughter board. Software: Aldec Active-HDL 6.1; ARM Device Suite; Alatek DVM; Xilinx ISE 5.2; Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003; PLI interface
Technologies: C++ (STL, STD, WinAPI), VHDL (IEEE.STD, VHPI), HES prototyping board + ARM microprocessor architecture.
Design was implemented for Alatek company – www.alatek.com
Man-days: 60
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