ADAS and Automated Driving Developers Take Notice of the Dynamic X^2

If you are a ADAS or Automated Driving developer, there are are two main items you are focused on: speed and innovation. You are in a race to create the most coveted feature that will either save lives or help sell cars, probably both!

In order to do that flexibility, scalability, and neural networks are big enablers to speed your innovation. The dynamic duo, Xylon and Xilinx, provide that enablement.

• Xylon is a one-stop shop that should be on every developers web bookmarks, with a registered account to buy, buy, buy.
• Xilinx is the canvas every developer needs to create the latest innovation and get it from concept to production on the same platform.

What does Xylon provide? A whole bunch of stuff, packed with Xilinx capability. https://www.logicbricks.com/

Data recorder. In a previous post I mentioned that one of the challenges faced by is system validation and qualification of complex electronic systems. That's where Xylon's logiRECORDER comes in. This all-in-one automotive data logger, thanks to the extensive use of Xilinx programmable FPGAs and SoCs, improves and accelerates design and testing of cutting-edge Autonomous Driving and ADAS. The logiRECORDER is used for raw multi-channel video and network data recording, data analysis, and playback of the logged data in HIL simulations, where it efficiently exchanges the vehicle sensory system on the lab desk. A great example where using Xilinx technology provide the interface flexibility and sensor scalability to capture training data for neural net AI.

But that's not all.

Development Kits How about a development kits that provide a time and cost saving design environment to quickly implement embedded multi-camera systems for ADAS/AD. The logiVID-Vision Development Kit is based on either Zynq? UltraScale+? MPSoC, or Versal? Adaptive Compute Acceleration Platform (ACAP) devices. It includes four Xylon's 2.3-MP HDR automotive video cameras, and supports HDMI video input and HDMI video output. The kit comes in versions that support for the next generation high speed interfaces from either Maxim Integrated? high- or Texas Instruments.

• Includes licensed software IP framework with an integrated video processing block example:
• Resolutions:1928x1080 Input and 1920x1080 Output
• Runs on Linux OS and includes software drivers and demo applications

logiVID-ZU MPSoC Vision Development Kit

logiVID ACAP Vision Development Kit

FMC Expansion Boards

The FMC expansion boards enable interfacing of up to 12 video cameras. There are 4 variants that support interfacing with the most popular serial interfaces.

Automotive Video Cameras

Packed in a compact, only a cubic inch big waterproof and black anodized aluminum housing based on AR0231AT CMOS image sensor, the camera provides 30 Frames per Second (fps) of High Dynamic Range (HDR) color 2.3 MP (1928x1208) video processed by an internal FPGA video processor. Internal FPGA video processor integrates High Dynamic Range (HDR) Image Signal Processing (ISP) pipeline IP cores that enable excellent visibility in all light conditions.

HSSL Starter Kit

System designers will be able to us Infineon High Speed Serial Link (HSSL) which provides communication between Infineon's AURIX family (TC2xx and TC3xx) MCUs and Xilinx devices. This serial link supports baudrates of up to 320 Mbaud at a net payload data-rate of up to 84%. Combinations of these devices solve the rising safety and performance requirements in emerging automotive designs.

Final thoughts - as I mentioned earlier if you can get a lot of speed and innovation from the combination of Xylon and Xilinx. Development Kits, FMC Cards, Cameras, Data recorders, Software Frameworks, and Interfaces like HSSL. Why re-invent the wheel over and over, wasting valuable time and engineering resources building basic tools and frameworks you need. Buy vs Make, and focus on creating the innovation that will put your company ahead of the competition. Xilinx's hardware programmability give you the canvas to create your innovation. Don't get stuck with SoCs that limit your flexibility and scalability to create innovation! Use the latest Xilinx SoCs in 16nm and 7nm technologies.