Understanding MIPI DPHY and CPHY Interfaces and Key Points for FPGA Implementation

Understanding MIPI DPHY and CPHY Interfaces and Key Points for FPGA Implementation

MIPI is the most mainstream video transmission interface specification in the mobile field, and currently the most widely used are the MIPI DPHY and MIPI CPHY protocol families (there is also MIPI MPHY, which belongs to the high-speed Serdes category and is not as widely used). Among these, CSI-2 is mainly used for image input … Read more

Understanding MIPI Protocol: Interface Definitions and Overview

Understanding MIPI Protocol: Interface Definitions and Overview

Taobao Store: Wolf FPGA A Detailed Tutorial for Zynq System Entry and Advancement The previous article introduced the development history, advantages and disadvantages, application fields, and development direction of MIPI interfaces in detail. Today, we will delve deeper into the content of the MIPI protocol. 1. Interface Definition The MIPI specification defines the interface into … Read more

Building a MIPI Camera Interface with Spartan-7 FPGA and OV5640 in 15 Minutes Using VITIS

Building a MIPI Camera Interface with Spartan-7 FPGA and OV5640 in 15 Minutes Using VITIS

Project Components Hardware Spartan-7 SP701 FPGA with MIPI interface implemented using resistor network OV5640 MIPI interface Software AMD Vivado version 2020 or above AMD Vitis 2020 Introduction MIPI interface is very popular now, and domestic FPGAs generally come with MIPI interfaces. AMD-Xilinx started supporting MIPI levels from the U+ series. From the usage in China, … Read more

FPGA-Based MIPI Camera Development with XILINX MIPI D-PHY IP Core

FPGA-Based MIPI Camera Development with XILINX MIPI D-PHY IP Core

XILINX’s ULTRASCALE+ series FPGA comes with two MIPI IP cores, namely the MIPI D-PHY IP and MIPI CSI-2 IP. The D-PHY can be considered a low-level IP core that can parse data from each LANE, with data between LANE being relatively independent, requiring the user to compose a complete frame of image data. The CSI-2 … Read more

Understanding Endoscopes: The Role of FPGA in Imaging Technology

Understanding Endoscopes: The Role of FPGA in Imaging Technology

Endoscope imaging has become a hot topic in recent years due to the demand for exploration in medical and industrial fields. The FPGA plays a crucial role in endoscopic image processing. While dedicated ASICs cannot accommodate more functions and algorithms, FPGAs can! The Development of Endoscopes The development of endoscopes mainly involves the following aspects: … Read more

The Strength of FPGA Technology in China: An In-Depth Analysis

The Strength of FPGA Technology in China: An In-Depth Analysis

Every successful innovation has gone through a difficult journey from its inception to its growth, and FPGA is no exception. As a high-tech innovation, since the first FPGA was born in Japan by Seiko, it has exploded in the 1990s. Not only the FPGA giants in Europe and America like Xilinx, Altera, and Lattice, but … Read more

Four Key Advantages of FPGA in Factory Connectivity

Four Key Advantages of FPGA in Factory Connectivity

In today’s fast-paced manufacturing landscape, maintaining competitiveness requires the adoption of industrial automation at every stage. Manufacturers are increasingly recognizing the tremendous benefits that automation brings, from improved efficiency and consistency to reduced operational costs and enhanced safety. In fact, a recent study by Deloitte revealed that 86% of surveyed manufacturing executives believe that smart … Read more

Unleashing the Power and Flexibility of FPGA in Embedded Design

Unleashing the Power and Flexibility of FPGA in Embedded Design

Although FPGAs bring powerful capabilities and flexibility to embedded design, the additional development processes also introduce new complexities and limitations to the design work. Integrating traditional hardware-FPGA-software design processes and fully utilizing the reprogrammable features of FPGAs is one of our solutions. As FPGA technology gradually extends to military electronic systems and almost all areas … Read more