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12 years ago

FPGA to communicate with webcam

Hi, I am not too sure whether this is achievable or not, but I am thinking to get the image from a webcam connected to any FPGA dev kit. But the webcam normally has its driver. My question is: is it ...
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12 years ago

Regarding system design, you may want to review the previously mentioned appnote and the Altera Video and Image Processing Suite of IP that it references. It would be reasonable to make your new encoding algorithm block to be compliant with that interface protocol (Avalon-ST packets).

If you choose to do that, then you have access to BFM's for your simulation development, as well as a surrounding set of useful blocks. NTSC/PAL/DVI/others are implemented via the "Clocked Video Input" block supplied with that suite. With this approach, the input source for your video stream is "dont-care" for your encoding IP.

Unrelated to the topic at hand, since you sound like you are just getting started, you might enjoy this book:

http://www.amazon.com/design-embedded-image-processing-fpgas/dp/0470828498

Good luck!