Automotive Graphics Controller Reference Design

from Altera Corporation

Overview

The Automotive Graphics System reference design demonstrates the use of Altera Cyclone™ FPGAs in a graphics system targeted at the Automotive sector. This reference design shows the power and flexibility available in FPGAs for targeting low-cost applications such as those required by the Automotive marketplace.

Features

The main features of this reference design are:

• Video input hardware module.
  • Clipping
  • Color space conversion
  • Horizontal and vertical scaling
• TFT display controller
  • 5-layer display
  • Picture in picture
• Graphics library running on Nios® II processor
• Runs on Nios II Cyclone development board
  • Lancelot VGA video controller required
• SDRAM program store and frame buffer

Demonstrated Altera Technology:

• Altera Automotive Solutions
• Cyclone FPGAs
• Nios II Embedded Processor
• SOPC Builder

Block Diagram

Figure 1. shows a block diagram of the Automotice Graphics System reference design

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