Microchip has expanded its PolarFire field programmable gate array (FPGA) embedded video ecosystem with new stacks that include hardware evaluation kits, development tools, intellectual property (IP) cores and reference designs.
The stacks include serial digital interface (SDI) receive and transmit IP cores and a quad CoaXpress (CXP) board to support video pipelines for applications like medical diagnostics and low latency imaging to real-time camera connectivity for intelligent systems.
Microchip claims it is the only FPGA provider offering quad CoaXPress FPGA-based solution. These allow for direct SLVS-EC and CoaXPress 2.0 without the need of third-party IP.
The ecosystem includes HDMI-to-SDI and SDI-to-HDMI bridging capabilities, 4K and 8K video formats, high-bandwidth video transport across embedded and professional applications.
Microchip said the goal is to lower the bill of materials as well as ease design complexity. The expansion of components also incorporates layered security across hardware, design and data with anti-tamper protection and embedded security features, the company said.
“Next-generation medical, industrial and robotic vision systems demand not only exceptional video quality but also uncompromising energy efficiency,” said Shakeel Peera, VP of marketing for Microchip’s FPGA business unit. “The expansion of our PolarFire FPGA embedded video ecosystem underscores our commitment to delivering low-power solutions that are designed to enable customers to develop reliable and high-performance systems with robust connectivity and minimized energy consumption.”
