Designing a SOPC for real - time image processing applications

Abstract

This paper presents our design of a System On a Programmable Chip (SoPC) for real - time image processing applications. To do this, some accelerators are designed and integrated into a FPGA chip in order to process data at a high speed. Besides, special techniques (such as DMA, multiple Maters...) are also used to speed up the system. The result is tested on a DSP Development Kit using FPGA Stratix II EP2S60F1020C4 of Altera Corporation. SoPC Builder, NIOS II IDE and Modesim are used for testing and integrating hardware/software.