PolarFire FPGAs offer 30 to 50 percent lower total power over competing Static Random-Access Memory (SRAM)-based mid-range FPGAs. With family members ranging from 100K to 500K Logic
Elements (LEs), they provide five to 10 times lower static power, making them ideal for a new range of compute-intensive edge devices, including those deployed in thermally- and power-constrained environments.
 
In addition to new high-speed imaging IP cores and the PolarFire Imaging IP bundle, a new MIPI-CSI2-based machine learning camera reference design is available for smart embedded system implementations. Based on the PolarFire FPGA imaging and video kit that uses inference algorithms from Microchip partner ASIC Design Services, the reference design is free for customers to evaluate.
All Smart Embedded Vision solutions are supported by the Libero® SoC Design Suite, Microchip’s comprehensive development tool.

Available through the Libero® SoC Design Suite, all IP can be implemented on the PolarFire FPGA Video and Imaging Kit, the evaluation platform for Smart Embedded Vision designs. The following IP cores are available today:
 
  • HD-SDI (1.485 Gbps, 720p, 1080i)
  • 3G-SDI (2.970Gbps, 1080p60)
  • MIPI-CSI-2
  • Two-lane SLVS-EC Rx FPGA core
  • 6.25 Gbps CoaXPress v1.1
  • HDMI 2.0 4k at 60 fps transmit and 1080p at 60 fps receive
 
The following IP cores will be added progressively, with all cores supported by the end of 2019:
  • 6G-SDI (5.94 Gbps, 2Kp30)
  • 12G-SDI (11.88 Gbps, 2Kp60)
  • USXGMII MAC
  • Eight-lane SLVS-EC Rx
  • 6.25 Gbps CoaXPress v2.0
  • HDMI 2.0b 4k at 60 fps receive
 
PolarFire Imaging IP Bundle is available for $1,499 and the MPF300-VIDEO-KIT is available for $999.
For more information, visit: Smart Embedded Vision initiative