Updated FPGA Smart Video Ecosystem Produces Broadcast-Quality Results
Microchip Technology expanded its PolarFire FPGA smart embedded video ecosystem for reliable, low-power, high-bandwidth video connectivity. The platform brings broadcast-quality video, SLVS-EC to CoaXPress bridging, and ultra-low-power operation to next-generation medical, industrial, and robotic vision applications.
Combining hardware evaluation kits, development tools, IP cores, and reference designs, the solution stacks also include Serial Digital Interface (SDI) Receive (Rx) and Transmit (Tx) IP cores as well as a quad CoaXPress board to support complete video pipelines.
Currently the only available quad CoaXPress FPGA-based solution, it enables direct SLVS-EC (up to 5 Gb/s/lane) and CoaXPress 2.0 (up to 12.5 Gb/s/lane) bridging without the need for third-party IP. Its SDI Rx/Tx IP cores provide Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) compliant 1.5G, 3G, 6G, and 12G-SDI video transport for broadcast and embedded imaging.
The ecosystem includes HDMI-to-SDI and SDI-to-HDMI bridging capabilities, supporting 4K and 8K video formats. As a result, it provides high-resolution, high-bandwidth video transport across a range of professional and embedded applications.
Leveraging the ultra-low-power, secure, programmable, non-volatile architecture of PolarFire FPGAs, the solutions are designed to help lower bill-of-materials (BOM) costs, streamline design complexity, and incorporate layered security across hardware, design, and data using anti-tamper protection and embedded security features.
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An Army veteran, Alix Paultre was a signals intelligence soldier on the East/West German border in the early ‘80s, and eventually wound up helping launch and run a publication on consumer electronics for the U.S. military stationed in Europe. Alix first began in this industry in 1998 at Electronic Products magazine, and since then has worked for a variety of publications, most recently as Editor-in-Chief of Power Systems Design.
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