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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:
Block Diagram
Figure 1. Automotive Graphics System Reference Design Block Diagram
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