Vision Processing with the Canny Edge Detection Reference Design

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Date 2/14/2015
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1. Vision Processing with the Canny Edge Detection Reference Design
1. Vision Processing with the Canny Edge Detection Reference Design x
1.1. About Canny Edge Detection 1.2. About the Canny Edge Detection Reference Design 1.3. Getting Started with the Canny Edge Reference Design 1.4. Canny Edge Detection Reference Design Block Description 1.5. Stream-to-Memory Conversion 1.6. Latency and Throughput 1.7. Canny Edge Reference Design Resource Usage
1.3. Getting Started with the Canny Edge Reference Design x
1.3.1. Hardware and Software Requirements 1.3.2. Connecting the Hardware to Use the Canny Edge Reference Design 1.3.3. Loading the Canny Edge Reference Design FPGA Image with the SD Card Image 1.3.4. Canny Edge Reference Design Initial Startup Problems 1.3.5. Controlling the FPGA Flow of the Canny Edge Reference Design 1.3.6. Capturing the Pixel Stream 1.3.7. Programming the FPGA with the Canny Edge Reference Design 1.3.8. Initializing the ARM Processor
1.4. Canny Edge Detection Reference Design Block Description x
1.4.1. Greyscale Conversion 1.4.2. Gaussian Blurring 1.4.3. Sobel Edge Intensity 1.4.4. Nonmaximal Suppression 1.4.5. Double Threshold 1.4.6. Edge Linking
1.5. Stream-to-Memory Conversion x
1.5.1. FPGA and ARM Processor Clock Domains 1.5.2. HPS SDRAM Partitions 1.5.3. Frame Buffering 1.5.4. Operating System and Video Driver 1.5.5. About the Edge-linking Algorithm
1. Vision Processing with the Canny Edge Detection Reference Design

1.3.1. Hardware and Software Requirements

Obtain the hardware and install all software before you use the Canny edge reference design

Hardware:

  • Altera Cyclone V SoC Development Kit
  • Digital video interface (DVI) source
  • DVI monitor

Software:

  • Quartus II software version 14.0
  • The MATLAB image processing suite (optional)
  • Linux version 3.9.0
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