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18 years ago

Cyclone III, Nios II evaluation KIt & analog video

Hi all, I'm planning to connect an analog camera (PAL/NTSC) to the composite video input. I know the capabilities of ALTERA above video&image processing. I'm thinking of use Deinterlacer, chrom...
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18 years ago

As a preliminary remark, I'm not involved in digital video processing and have only some basic knowledge. Other forum members may give you more profound and detailed suggestions.

The ADV7180 used at multimedia daughtercard transports 10-bit digital video trough 8-bit interface, as far as I understand. It should be able to reproduce full quality with standard framed analog video. Alternatively, other daughthercards, e. g. Bitec digital video prodcts could be used at the HSMC expansion connector of cyclone III starter board or 3c120 dev kit.

I unfortunately can't report any experience regarding NIOS and IP stack performance.