Vision development kit from Lattice Semiconductor targets edge applications
A modular platform of the Embedded Vision Development Kit, enables connectivity and energy-efficient image processing for robotics, drones, advanced driver assistance systems, smart surveillance and augemented reality/ virtual reality systems, says Lattice Semiconductor.
It uses stackable boards based on Lattice’s CrossLink pASSP, ECP5 field programmable gate array (FPGA), and SiI1136 application specific standard products (ASSPs). It also has stereo vision support, and dual MIPI CSI-2 to 1080p HDMI demo.
The Embedded Vision Development Kit is optimised for low power, low cost, embedded vision applications in industrial, automotive, and consumer markets, says Lattice. It is believed to be the first optimised for mobile-influenced system designs that require flexible, low cost, and low power image processing architectures.
Lattice explains that by leveraging a mix of its FPGA, ASSP and programmable ASSP (pASSP) products in a single, modular platform, the kit balances flexibility and energy efficiency that is required for a variety of embedded vision applications in the industrial, automotive and consumer markets.
The Embedded Vision Development Kit combines the Lattice CrossLink pASSP mobile bridging device, the ECP5 low power, small form factor FPGA, and the high-bandwidth, high resolution HDMI ASSP, to enable IoT, edge intelligence. Edge intelligence shifts data intensive processing and processing applications away from the core, to the edge of the network. “As intelligence at the edge continues to increase, more applications will require integrated embedded vision technology,” said Deepak Boppana, director, product marketing at Lattice Semiconductor. “Our Embedded Vision Development Kit accelerates the adoption of mobile-influenced technology for applications including machine vision, smart surveillance cameras, robotics, AR/VR, drones and ADAS,” he adds.
The CrossLink input board includes dual-camera high-definition HD image sensors supporting the MIPI CSI-2 interface, and eliminating the need for external video sources. The ECP5 baseboard enables low-power pre/post processing and includes support for HD image signal processing (ISP) intellectual property (IP) from Helion Vision. There is also a NanoVesta connector to support external image sensor video inputs. The HDMI output board based on the Sil1136 non-HDCP (high-bandwidth digital content protection) version enables connectivity to standard HDMI displays.
The Embedded Vision Development Kit is available now from Lattice and its distributors.