Honored ContributorHi all, I'm new here, and need help.
I'm looking for FPGA board for high definition (up to 1920x1020@60) video and audio processing. Can anybody suggest me development or starter kit for me. Also I want to do some measurements for example measure amplitude of video and audio signal, noise and such simple measurements. Thanks.
Honored ContributorI would suggest Stratix IV Video devkit.
Honored ContributorThanks a lot, but for me this devkit is too expansive :)
Honored ContributorThen check out Cyclone III Video devkit. I have this one, but Altera made a huge mistake in such devboard by adding a level converter on HSMC connectors for clock wire, which is only capable of 100MHz max. Now I can't connect any of mine HSMC boards: either with 1gbit ethernet (clk=125MHz) or DVB-ASI board (clk=135MHz)... Huge FPGA with no possibilities to add any fast boards.
Honored ContributorThanks a lot dear Socrates for your help.
Honored ContributorBetter tell us Your budget, so we could help You more.
Honored ContributorYes with great pleasure:)
Now I have one non-commercial project, just help my friend and learn at the same time. I need to do some measurement of video signals (composite, component, S-video, also HDMI up to 1920x1080@60 resolution). The measurements are amplitude, frequency response, linearity, noise, delay between components signals, resolutions, frame rate and everything connected with video signals. I then send the results of measurements to PC or Laptop by USB or by RS232.Honored ContributorBasically Your requirements has nothing to do with video development itself. You need a development kit with fast ADC then and USB interface. USB is easy to do if You use FT2232 or any other FTDI chip. With FT2232 You can get 40mbps afaik.
Honored ContributorI also thought about it. For PAL/NTSC video signal can be, because the sampling frequency 13MHz, but what about high-definition components video. They require very high sampling frequency ~75 MHz. What do you think, USB-port has enough speed to transfer A/D data directly to PC for future processing?
Honored ContributorIt depends on the USB chip. 75MHz sampling freq for ADC is not a problem. You can use several ADCs and phase shifted clock for the best accuracy. Maybe You can use ethernet? It is possible to get up to 900mbps afaik using gbit link.
Honored Contributorgood thread i also need like this board
