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An FPGA-based Target Acquisition System

This work describes the development of an image processing algorithm, the implementation of that algorithm as both a strictly hardware design and as a multi-core software design, and the side-by-side comparison of the two implementations. In the course of creating the multi-core software design, several improvements are made to the OpenFire soft core micro-processor that is used to create the multi-core network. The hardware and multi-core software implementations of the image processing algorithm are compared side-by-side in an FPGA-based test platform. Results show that although the strictly hardware implementation leads in terms of lower power consumption and very low area consumption, modification of and programming for the multi-core software implementation is simpler to perform. / Master of Science

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:VTETD/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/36002
Date09 January 2008
CreatorsMarschner, Alexander R.
ContributorsElectrical and Computer Engineering, Athanas, Peter M., Jones, Mark T., Martin, Thomas L.
PublisherVirginia Tech
Source SetsVirginia Tech Theses and Dissertation
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis
Formatapplication/pdf, application/octet-stream
RightsIn Copyright, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Relationmarschner_thesis.pdf, marschner_thesisVideo.wmv

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