Xilinx has announced an enhanced version of its Spartan-6 FPGA consumer video kit that gives systems designers a complete development platform for easily tapping into the flexibility and real-time video processing capabilities of field programmable gate arrays. Co-developed with and distributed by Tokyo Electron Device, the kit supports the latest serial digital TV interfaces, including DisplayPort 1.1a, V-by-One HS, HDMI 1.4a and LVDS of up to 1.05Gbit/s, to help equipment manufacturers meet the challenges of short market windows and focus on development and delivery of 3D, organic light emitting diode, Quad HD and many other digital display technologies.
The low-power programmable logic device helps designers simulate video algorithms in silicon during the development phase and before production without worrying about coding video interface infrastructure. It increases video processing bandwidth with multi channels of 1.05Gbit/s LVDS; DDR3 memory for frame buffering with memory bus increased from 32 to 48bit; and FMC user I/Os increased from 250 to 312, providing access to increased bandwidth.
