Introduction

Microchip’s PolarFire Video Kit offers high-performance evaluation of 4K image processing and rendering using dual camera sensors as well as numerous display interfaces. The kit is purpose built for effortless prototyping of popular imaging and video protocols including MIPI CSI-2 TX, MIPI CSI-2 RX, HDMI 1.4 TX, HDMI 2.0, DSI and HD/3G SDI. With a 300K logic element (LE) PolarFire FPGA with DDR4 and SPI-flash, the kit is ideally suited for mid-bandwidth imaging and video applications. The PolarFire device on-board optimizes input/outputs (I/Os), transceiver rates, look-up table (LUT4) architecture, memories, and DSPs for mid-density/mid-bandwidth ranges to deliver a superior solution at much lower power and lower total cost of ownership.
This kit enables easy design of applications that can include:

• Machine vision
• Displays (Protocol conversion)
• Medical imaging
• Surveillance
• Stereo vision (Depth estimation)