SoC-FPGA embedded system for real-time thermal image processing

Abstract

The article presents custom digital processing system design with use of state-of-the-art SoC-FPGA technology using ARM Coretex-A9 dual core processor embedded in Altera Programmable Logic Array. In article a discussion is conducted about possibilities of using custom programmable logic architecture alongside with hard-core processor system for real-time image processing adopted to dual-channel radiometric thermal image processing system. Details about hardware-software engineering, driver design for Linux operating system, application engineering and design considerations in highly customisable environment based on Altera SoC-FPGA is presented.