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IJERA (International journal of Engineering Research and Applications) is International online, ... peer reviewed journal. For more detail or submit your article, please visit www.ijera.com
Implementation of FPGA Based Image Processing Algorithm using Xilinx System G...IRJET Journal
This document describes the implementation of various image processing algorithms using the Xilinx System Generator integrated with the Matlab/Simulink environment. It discusses algorithms for converting an RGB image to grayscale, generating a negative image, enhancing contrast and brightness, thresholding, background subtraction, erosion, dilation, edge detection, and masking. The algorithms are modeled in Simulink using Xilinx System Generator blocks and hardware co-simulation is used to verify the results. The key steps involve image pre-processing to prepare input data, implementing the algorithm using Xilinx blocks, and image post-processing to display the output. This allows image processing algorithms to be implemented on FPGAs for real-time applications.
This document discusses the unique challenges in static timing analysis (STA) for field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). It notes that FPGA timing analysis must account for the programmable logic blocks and routing in the device. Specifically, it outlines three main challenges: 1) modeling the delays of look-up tables (LUTs) which can implement different logic functions based on their configuration, 2) avoiding an explosion in the number of timing modes when analyzing hierarchical or complex blocks, and 3) accurately modeling the delays of pass gate multiplexers. It provides examples and potential approaches for addressing each challenge.
The document provides an overview of the Dirac video codec and compares its performance to H.264/MPEG-4 AVC. Dirac is an open source video compression format developed by the BBC that uses wavelet transforms and arithmetic coding. It achieves compression performance close to H.264/AVC at lower bitrates, with less complexity, though H.264 provides slightly better compression at higher resolutions. Testing showed Dirac performs better than H.264 at low bitrates for QCIF sequences.
This document discusses image processing applications using Vivado for FPGAs. It provides information on FPGA architecture including distributed memory, block RAM features, and core generator. An example of a real-time breast cancer diagnosis application using YOLO on an FPGA board is described. A second example discusses implementing CCSDS standard DWT-based hyperspectral image decompression on an FPGA using techniques like Haar wavelet transform and MAP encoding.
Why a zynq should power your next projectMark Smith
Intro to FPGA's I presented to the Melbourne PC users group on 11th April 2018. I demo'ed blinking LEDS on a Zybo board using bare metal and then a memory mapped application process.
The document describes the Xilinx XA Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC family of devices. The family integrates a 64-bit quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 processing system with a dual-core ARM Cortex-R5 real-time processing system and programmable logic on a single chip. The devices include on-chip memory, external memory interfaces, and peripheral connectivity interfaces to support a wide range of applications including automotive systems. Key features of the processing system include CPU cores, graphics processing, DMA controllers, and interfaces. The programmable logic contains configurable logic blocks, block RAM, DSP slices, transceivers, and other programmable resources.
Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) for segmentation of image ROI a...IRJET Journal
The document discusses a proposed system for concurrently performing image segmentation and image retrieval from segmented regions of interest (ROIs). It uses an Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) for segmenting ROIs from images and a probabilistic generative model for retrieving similar images based on keypoints detected within ROIs using the MP-KDD algorithm. The system is able to perform retrieval using features from multiple ROIs within a query image.
IJERA (International journal of Engineering Research and Applications) is International online, ... peer reviewed journal. For more detail or submit your article, please visit www.ijera.com
Implementation of FPGA Based Image Processing Algorithm using Xilinx System G...IRJET Journal
This document describes the implementation of various image processing algorithms using the Xilinx System Generator integrated with the Matlab/Simulink environment. It discusses algorithms for converting an RGB image to grayscale, generating a negative image, enhancing contrast and brightness, thresholding, background subtraction, erosion, dilation, edge detection, and masking. The algorithms are modeled in Simulink using Xilinx System Generator blocks and hardware co-simulation is used to verify the results. The key steps involve image pre-processing to prepare input data, implementing the algorithm using Xilinx blocks, and image post-processing to display the output. This allows image processing algorithms to be implemented on FPGAs for real-time applications.
This document discusses the unique challenges in static timing analysis (STA) for field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). It notes that FPGA timing analysis must account for the programmable logic blocks and routing in the device. Specifically, it outlines three main challenges: 1) modeling the delays of look-up tables (LUTs) which can implement different logic functions based on their configuration, 2) avoiding an explosion in the number of timing modes when analyzing hierarchical or complex blocks, and 3) accurately modeling the delays of pass gate multiplexers. It provides examples and potential approaches for addressing each challenge.
The document provides an overview of the Dirac video codec and compares its performance to H.264/MPEG-4 AVC. Dirac is an open source video compression format developed by the BBC that uses wavelet transforms and arithmetic coding. It achieves compression performance close to H.264/AVC at lower bitrates, with less complexity, though H.264 provides slightly better compression at higher resolutions. Testing showed Dirac performs better than H.264 at low bitrates for QCIF sequences.
This document discusses image processing applications using Vivado for FPGAs. It provides information on FPGA architecture including distributed memory, block RAM features, and core generator. An example of a real-time breast cancer diagnosis application using YOLO on an FPGA board is described. A second example discusses implementing CCSDS standard DWT-based hyperspectral image decompression on an FPGA using techniques like Haar wavelet transform and MAP encoding.
Why a zynq should power your next projectMark Smith
Intro to FPGA's I presented to the Melbourne PC users group on 11th April 2018. I demo'ed blinking LEDS on a Zybo board using bare metal and then a memory mapped application process.
The document describes the Xilinx XA Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC family of devices. The family integrates a 64-bit quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 processing system with a dual-core ARM Cortex-R5 real-time processing system and programmable logic on a single chip. The devices include on-chip memory, external memory interfaces, and peripheral connectivity interfaces to support a wide range of applications including automotive systems. Key features of the processing system include CPU cores, graphics processing, DMA controllers, and interfaces. The programmable logic contains configurable logic blocks, block RAM, DSP slices, transceivers, and other programmable resources.
Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) for segmentation of image ROI a...IRJET Journal
The document discusses a proposed system for concurrently performing image segmentation and image retrieval from segmented regions of interest (ROIs). It uses an Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) for segmenting ROIs from images and a probabilistic generative model for retrieving similar images based on keypoints detected within ROIs using the MP-KDD algorithm. The system is able to perform retrieval using features from multiple ROIs within a query image.
This document summarizes several papers on implementing feedforward neural networks using field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). It discusses how FPGAs offer parallelism and flexibility for neural network designs while reducing costs compared to application-specific integrated circuits. The document reviews mathematical models of artificial neurons and different types of neural network architectures. It also examines challenges in efficiently implementing activation functions like the sigmoid on FPGAs. Several papers presented hardware implementations of multilayer feedforward neural networks in VHDL for applications such as digital pre-distortion.
This document discusses the architecture of Xilinx Cool Runner CPLDs. It provides an overview of Xilinx CPLD technologies including Cool Runner XPLA3 and Cool Runner-II. For the Cool Runner XPLA3, it describes the features and specifications, and details the architecture including the high-level block diagram, function block, macrocell, and I/O cell. For the Cool Runner-II, it lists the key features and specifications. The document is intended to explain the architectures of these Xilinx CPLD families.
This document presents a sequential quadratic programming (SQP) algorithm for sizing clock meshes to minimize area while meeting skew constraints. The algorithm uses adjoint sensitivity analysis and a compact gate model to efficiently compute sensitivities. It formulates and solves a quadratic programming subproblem at each iteration to determine wire width updates. Experimental results on ISCAS and ISPD benchmarks show up to 33% reduction in clock mesh area compared to initial designs. Future work will extend the approach to simultaneously size interconnects and buffers.
The signal processing algorithms can be implemented on hardware using various strategies such as DSP processors and ASIC. This PPT compares and contrasts the two methods.
FPGA Implementation of Multiplier-less CDF-5/3 Wavelet Transform for Image Pr...IOSRJVSP
Most of the digital image processing application uses various domain transformation technique to convert time domain information to transform domain which will help to simplify the mathematical modeling. Discrete Wavelet Transform is one of the best transformation techniques. The time-frequency resolution makes this transform sensitive to both time and frequency which will give very good compression and decompression. In this paper, we propose FPGA implementation of multiplier-less CDF-5/3 wavelet transform for image processing application using System-Generator tool.To maintain low area and high frequency we use multiplier-less architecture for CDF-5/3 DWT for our implementation. The VHDL code for multiplier-less structure is fed to system generator tool using standard procedure and synthesis the structure to get the area and frequency
11 Synchoricity as the basis for going Beyond MooreRCCSRENKEI
The document discusses synchronicity as a basis for going beyond Moore's law through the use of silicon lego (SiLago) blocks. SiLago blocks allow for the temporal and spatial composition of designs by ensuring clock and grid cell alignment during composition. This enables very large designs to be synthesized from higher levels of abstraction. Example SiLago block types include functional units like dense linear algebra blocks as well as infrastructure units like networks-on-chips. The document argues that treating SiLago blocks as the new standard cells could enable new design methodologies and computational paradigms like computation in memory to achieve major improvements in performance, energy, and cost beyond what is possible with conventional CMOS scaling alone.
The document provides an overview of FPGA routing, which is an important step in the CAD process that connects logic blocks placed on the FPGA. It discusses the routing resources in Xilinx FPGAs including connection boxes, switch boxes, and wire segments. It also describes the FPGA routing model commonly used in academia, which simplifies the island-style architecture of commercial FPGAs. Efficient routing aims to minimize wiring area and critical path lengths to improve circuit performance.
The document is a resume for Tarun Arora seeking an internship in Analog and Mixed Signal Design. It summarizes his education, including a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University and a Bachelor's degree from Kurukshetra University in India. It also lists his relevant coursework, technical skills, projects, and professional experience which include various circuit and system design projects as well as work experience at Tata Consultancy Services and an internship at a National Thermal Power Plant.
Tarun Arora is seeking an internship in analog domain. He has a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University and a Bachelor's degree from Kurukshetra University in India. His relevant coursework includes analog integrated circuits and VLSi design. He has experience with Cadence and other design tools. His projects include designing operational transconductance amplifiers and constant current references using Cadence. He also has experience with embedded systems and microcontrollers from projects in college. Previously he interned at a power plant and worked as a systems engineer at Tata Consultancy Services.
LOGIC OPTIMIZATION USING TECHNOLOGY INDEPENDENT MUX BASED ADDERS IN FPGAVLSICS Design
Adders form an almost obligatory component of every contemporary integrated circuit. The prerequisite of the adder is that it is primarily fast and secondarily efficient in terms of power consumption and chip area. Therefore, careful optimization of the adder is of the greatest importance. This optimization can be attained
in two levels; it can be circuit or logic optimization. In circuit optimization the size of transistors are manipulated, where as in logic optimization the Boolean equations are rearranged (or manipulated) to optimize speed, area and power consumption. This paper focuses the optimization of adder through technology independent mapping. The work presents 20 different logical construction of 1-bit adder cell in CMOS logic and its performance is analyzed in terms of transistor count, delay and power dissipation. These performance issues are analyzed through Tanner EDA with TSMC MOSIS 250nm technology. From this analysis the optimized equation is chosen to construct a full adder circuit in terms of multiplexer. This logic optimized multiplexer based adders are incorporated in selected existing adders like ripple carry
adder, carry look-ahead adder, carry skip adder, carry select adder, carry increment adder and carry save adder and its performance is analyzed in terms of area (slices used) and maximum combinational path delay as a function of size. The target FPGA device chosen for the implementation of these adders was Xilinx ISE 12.1 Spartan3E XC3S500-5FG320. Each adder type was implemented with bit sizes of: 8, 16, 32, 64 bits. This variety of sizes will provide with more insight about the performance of each adder in terms of area and delay as a function of size.
This document describes the design and development of a fault-tolerant and dynamically reconfigurable payload processing unit (PPU) for the Pakistan National Student Satellite-1 (PNSS-1). The proposed PPU uses a Xilinx Virtex 5QV field-programmable gate array (FPGA) and a radiation-hardened Leon 3 FT processor. Triple modular redundancy is implemented to minimize effects of single event upsets, single event latchups, and total ionizing dose from radiation in space. The PPU is responsible for receiving, storing, processing, and transmitting data from various satellite payloads. It will provide telemetry to and receive commands from the satellite's data handling unit over a CAN bus or dedicated
This document discusses various digital circuit implementation approaches including full-custom design, semi-custom design using standard cells, and programmable logic approaches using PLAs, PALs, FPGAs, and CPLDs. Full-custom design allows maximum optimization but requires significant design effort. Semi-custom uses pre-defined cells and automation to reduce effort. Programmable logic allows late-binding implementation through configurable interconnects.
Distributed Video Coding (DVC) has become increasingly popular in recent times among the researchers in video coding due to its attractive and promising features. DVC primarily has a modified complexity balance between the encoder and decoder, in contrast to conventional video codecs. However, Most of the reported DVC schemes have a high time-delay in decoder which hinders its practical application in real-time systems. In this work, we focus on speed up the Side Information(SI) generation module in DVC, which is a major function in the DVC coding algorithm and one of the time-consuming factor at the decoder. By applied it through Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA) based on General-Purpose Graphics Processing Unit (GPGPU), the experimental results show that a considerable speedup can be obtained by using the proposed parallelized SI generation algorithm.
This document discusses using genetic algorithms and evolvable hardware techniques to evolve digital circuit designs, specifically a 1-bit adder circuit. It describes representing circuit designs as chromosomes in a genetic algorithm population. Over generations, genetic operators like crossover and mutation create new circuit designs with the goal of optimizing a fitness function. The best designs are kept and used to populate the next generation. The document outlines compiling and executing provided C++ code to evolve a 1-bit adder circuit and interpret the resulting circuit design using graph data structures like adjacency matrices and lists.
Design and analysis of optimized CORDIC based GMSK system on FPGA platform IJECEIAES
The gaussian minimum shift keying (GMSK) is one of the best suited digital modulation schemes in the global system for mobile communication (GSM) because of its constant envelop and spectral efficiency characteristics. Most of the conventional GMSK approaches failed to balance the digital modulation with efficient usage of spectrum. In this article, the hardware architecture of the optimized CORDIC-based GMSK system is designed, which includes GMSK Modulation with the channel and GMSK Demodulation. The modulation consists of non-return zero (NRZ) encoder, an integrator followed by Gaussian filtering and frequency modulation (FM). The GMSK demodulation consists of FM demodulator, followed by differentiation and NRZ decoder. The FM Modulation and demodulation use the optimized CORDIC model for an In-phase (I) and quadrature (Q) phase generation. The optimized CORDIC is designed by using quadrant mapping and pipelined structure to improve the hardware and computational complexity in GMSK systems. The GMSK system is designed on the Xilinx platform and implemented on Artix-7 and Spartan-3EFPGA. The hardware constraints like area, power, and timing utilization are summarized. The comparison of the optimized CORDIC model with similar CORDIC approaches is tabulated with improvements.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
Digital standard cell library Design flowijsrd.com
Commercial library cells are companies 'proprietary information and understandably companies usually impose certain restrictions on the access and use of their library cells. Those restrictions on commercial library cells severely hamper VLSI research and teaching activities of academia. To address the problem the goal of this paper is to discuss the development of standard cell library. This involves in creating new standard cells, layout design, simulation and verification of each standard cell and finally characterization of all cells for timing and functional properties.
This document outlines the schedule and content for a short term training program on FPGA-based digital systems. The program will cover topics on digital design with FPGAs through lectures, hands-on lab sessions, assignments, and extra classes. It will also include case studies and quizzes. The schedule lists the daily activities over two days, including introductions, labs, and discussions in designated rooms.
This document provides an abstract for a project report on image non-uniformity correction in infrared focal plane arrays. The project involved implementing a two-point non-uniformity correction algorithm using an ADSP TigerSHARC digital signal processor. The algorithm aims to reduce fixed pattern noise in images acquired by an infrared focal plane array, which can vary in response across detectors. Software was developed using the VisualDSP++ integrated development environment to calibrate and correct detector outputs based on measurements from a blackbody at two reference temperatures. Graphs of temperature versus corrected output and root-mean-square error show the results of the non-uniformity correction.
Machine learning application-automated fruit sorting techniqueAnudeep Badam
This document discusses an automated fruit sorting technique using machine learning. It proposes a model where fruits are imaged using multiple cameras and analyzed for parameters like size, color, texture using image processing and machine learning algorithms. Features are extracted from images using techniques like segmentation, and fruits are classified into categories like size or ripeness using algorithms like SVM, KNN. This automated sorting is presented as more efficient and consistent than manual sorting. Future applications to other crops like rice and pulses are discussed.
Fruits are defined botanically as the ripened ovary wall of a plant containing seeds. They provide both taste and nutrients. Fruits are classified into categories like berries, drupes, pomes, citrus fruits, melons, and tropical fruits based on their physical characteristics. Proper handling, grading, packaging, and storage of fruits helps improve quality and market price. The leading fruit producing countries are China, India, Brazil, USA, and Italy.
This document summarizes several papers on implementing feedforward neural networks using field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). It discusses how FPGAs offer parallelism and flexibility for neural network designs while reducing costs compared to application-specific integrated circuits. The document reviews mathematical models of artificial neurons and different types of neural network architectures. It also examines challenges in efficiently implementing activation functions like the sigmoid on FPGAs. Several papers presented hardware implementations of multilayer feedforward neural networks in VHDL for applications such as digital pre-distortion.
This document discusses the architecture of Xilinx Cool Runner CPLDs. It provides an overview of Xilinx CPLD technologies including Cool Runner XPLA3 and Cool Runner-II. For the Cool Runner XPLA3, it describes the features and specifications, and details the architecture including the high-level block diagram, function block, macrocell, and I/O cell. For the Cool Runner-II, it lists the key features and specifications. The document is intended to explain the architectures of these Xilinx CPLD families.
This document presents a sequential quadratic programming (SQP) algorithm for sizing clock meshes to minimize area while meeting skew constraints. The algorithm uses adjoint sensitivity analysis and a compact gate model to efficiently compute sensitivities. It formulates and solves a quadratic programming subproblem at each iteration to determine wire width updates. Experimental results on ISCAS and ISPD benchmarks show up to 33% reduction in clock mesh area compared to initial designs. Future work will extend the approach to simultaneously size interconnects and buffers.
The signal processing algorithms can be implemented on hardware using various strategies such as DSP processors and ASIC. This PPT compares and contrasts the two methods.
FPGA Implementation of Multiplier-less CDF-5/3 Wavelet Transform for Image Pr...IOSRJVSP
Most of the digital image processing application uses various domain transformation technique to convert time domain information to transform domain which will help to simplify the mathematical modeling. Discrete Wavelet Transform is one of the best transformation techniques. The time-frequency resolution makes this transform sensitive to both time and frequency which will give very good compression and decompression. In this paper, we propose FPGA implementation of multiplier-less CDF-5/3 wavelet transform for image processing application using System-Generator tool.To maintain low area and high frequency we use multiplier-less architecture for CDF-5/3 DWT for our implementation. The VHDL code for multiplier-less structure is fed to system generator tool using standard procedure and synthesis the structure to get the area and frequency
11 Synchoricity as the basis for going Beyond MooreRCCSRENKEI
The document discusses synchronicity as a basis for going beyond Moore's law through the use of silicon lego (SiLago) blocks. SiLago blocks allow for the temporal and spatial composition of designs by ensuring clock and grid cell alignment during composition. This enables very large designs to be synthesized from higher levels of abstraction. Example SiLago block types include functional units like dense linear algebra blocks as well as infrastructure units like networks-on-chips. The document argues that treating SiLago blocks as the new standard cells could enable new design methodologies and computational paradigms like computation in memory to achieve major improvements in performance, energy, and cost beyond what is possible with conventional CMOS scaling alone.
The document provides an overview of FPGA routing, which is an important step in the CAD process that connects logic blocks placed on the FPGA. It discusses the routing resources in Xilinx FPGAs including connection boxes, switch boxes, and wire segments. It also describes the FPGA routing model commonly used in academia, which simplifies the island-style architecture of commercial FPGAs. Efficient routing aims to minimize wiring area and critical path lengths to improve circuit performance.
The document is a resume for Tarun Arora seeking an internship in Analog and Mixed Signal Design. It summarizes his education, including a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University and a Bachelor's degree from Kurukshetra University in India. It also lists his relevant coursework, technical skills, projects, and professional experience which include various circuit and system design projects as well as work experience at Tata Consultancy Services and an internship at a National Thermal Power Plant.
Tarun Arora is seeking an internship in analog domain. He has a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University and a Bachelor's degree from Kurukshetra University in India. His relevant coursework includes analog integrated circuits and VLSi design. He has experience with Cadence and other design tools. His projects include designing operational transconductance amplifiers and constant current references using Cadence. He also has experience with embedded systems and microcontrollers from projects in college. Previously he interned at a power plant and worked as a systems engineer at Tata Consultancy Services.
LOGIC OPTIMIZATION USING TECHNOLOGY INDEPENDENT MUX BASED ADDERS IN FPGAVLSICS Design
Adders form an almost obligatory component of every contemporary integrated circuit. The prerequisite of the adder is that it is primarily fast and secondarily efficient in terms of power consumption and chip area. Therefore, careful optimization of the adder is of the greatest importance. This optimization can be attained
in two levels; it can be circuit or logic optimization. In circuit optimization the size of transistors are manipulated, where as in logic optimization the Boolean equations are rearranged (or manipulated) to optimize speed, area and power consumption. This paper focuses the optimization of adder through technology independent mapping. The work presents 20 different logical construction of 1-bit adder cell in CMOS logic and its performance is analyzed in terms of transistor count, delay and power dissipation. These performance issues are analyzed through Tanner EDA with TSMC MOSIS 250nm technology. From this analysis the optimized equation is chosen to construct a full adder circuit in terms of multiplexer. This logic optimized multiplexer based adders are incorporated in selected existing adders like ripple carry
adder, carry look-ahead adder, carry skip adder, carry select adder, carry increment adder and carry save adder and its performance is analyzed in terms of area (slices used) and maximum combinational path delay as a function of size. The target FPGA device chosen for the implementation of these adders was Xilinx ISE 12.1 Spartan3E XC3S500-5FG320. Each adder type was implemented with bit sizes of: 8, 16, 32, 64 bits. This variety of sizes will provide with more insight about the performance of each adder in terms of area and delay as a function of size.
This document describes the design and development of a fault-tolerant and dynamically reconfigurable payload processing unit (PPU) for the Pakistan National Student Satellite-1 (PNSS-1). The proposed PPU uses a Xilinx Virtex 5QV field-programmable gate array (FPGA) and a radiation-hardened Leon 3 FT processor. Triple modular redundancy is implemented to minimize effects of single event upsets, single event latchups, and total ionizing dose from radiation in space. The PPU is responsible for receiving, storing, processing, and transmitting data from various satellite payloads. It will provide telemetry to and receive commands from the satellite's data handling unit over a CAN bus or dedicated
This document discusses various digital circuit implementation approaches including full-custom design, semi-custom design using standard cells, and programmable logic approaches using PLAs, PALs, FPGAs, and CPLDs. Full-custom design allows maximum optimization but requires significant design effort. Semi-custom uses pre-defined cells and automation to reduce effort. Programmable logic allows late-binding implementation through configurable interconnects.
Distributed Video Coding (DVC) has become increasingly popular in recent times among the researchers in video coding due to its attractive and promising features. DVC primarily has a modified complexity balance between the encoder and decoder, in contrast to conventional video codecs. However, Most of the reported DVC schemes have a high time-delay in decoder which hinders its practical application in real-time systems. In this work, we focus on speed up the Side Information(SI) generation module in DVC, which is a major function in the DVC coding algorithm and one of the time-consuming factor at the decoder. By applied it through Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA) based on General-Purpose Graphics Processing Unit (GPGPU), the experimental results show that a considerable speedup can be obtained by using the proposed parallelized SI generation algorithm.
This document discusses using genetic algorithms and evolvable hardware techniques to evolve digital circuit designs, specifically a 1-bit adder circuit. It describes representing circuit designs as chromosomes in a genetic algorithm population. Over generations, genetic operators like crossover and mutation create new circuit designs with the goal of optimizing a fitness function. The best designs are kept and used to populate the next generation. The document outlines compiling and executing provided C++ code to evolve a 1-bit adder circuit and interpret the resulting circuit design using graph data structures like adjacency matrices and lists.
Design and analysis of optimized CORDIC based GMSK system on FPGA platform IJECEIAES
The gaussian minimum shift keying (GMSK) is one of the best suited digital modulation schemes in the global system for mobile communication (GSM) because of its constant envelop and spectral efficiency characteristics. Most of the conventional GMSK approaches failed to balance the digital modulation with efficient usage of spectrum. In this article, the hardware architecture of the optimized CORDIC-based GMSK system is designed, which includes GMSK Modulation with the channel and GMSK Demodulation. The modulation consists of non-return zero (NRZ) encoder, an integrator followed by Gaussian filtering and frequency modulation (FM). The GMSK demodulation consists of FM demodulator, followed by differentiation and NRZ decoder. The FM Modulation and demodulation use the optimized CORDIC model for an In-phase (I) and quadrature (Q) phase generation. The optimized CORDIC is designed by using quadrant mapping and pipelined structure to improve the hardware and computational complexity in GMSK systems. The GMSK system is designed on the Xilinx platform and implemented on Artix-7 and Spartan-3EFPGA. The hardware constraints like area, power, and timing utilization are summarized. The comparison of the optimized CORDIC model with similar CORDIC approaches is tabulated with improvements.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
Digital standard cell library Design flowijsrd.com
Commercial library cells are companies 'proprietary information and understandably companies usually impose certain restrictions on the access and use of their library cells. Those restrictions on commercial library cells severely hamper VLSI research and teaching activities of academia. To address the problem the goal of this paper is to discuss the development of standard cell library. This involves in creating new standard cells, layout design, simulation and verification of each standard cell and finally characterization of all cells for timing and functional properties.
This document outlines the schedule and content for a short term training program on FPGA-based digital systems. The program will cover topics on digital design with FPGAs through lectures, hands-on lab sessions, assignments, and extra classes. It will also include case studies and quizzes. The schedule lists the daily activities over two days, including introductions, labs, and discussions in designated rooms.
This document provides an abstract for a project report on image non-uniformity correction in infrared focal plane arrays. The project involved implementing a two-point non-uniformity correction algorithm using an ADSP TigerSHARC digital signal processor. The algorithm aims to reduce fixed pattern noise in images acquired by an infrared focal plane array, which can vary in response across detectors. Software was developed using the VisualDSP++ integrated development environment to calibrate and correct detector outputs based on measurements from a blackbody at two reference temperatures. Graphs of temperature versus corrected output and root-mean-square error show the results of the non-uniformity correction.
Machine learning application-automated fruit sorting techniqueAnudeep Badam
This document discusses an automated fruit sorting technique using machine learning. It proposes a model where fruits are imaged using multiple cameras and analyzed for parameters like size, color, texture using image processing and machine learning algorithms. Features are extracted from images using techniques like segmentation, and fruits are classified into categories like size or ripeness using algorithms like SVM, KNN. This automated sorting is presented as more efficient and consistent than manual sorting. Future applications to other crops like rice and pulses are discussed.
Fruits are defined botanically as the ripened ovary wall of a plant containing seeds. They provide both taste and nutrients. Fruits are classified into categories like berries, drupes, pomes, citrus fruits, melons, and tropical fruits based on their physical characteristics. Proper handling, grading, packaging, and storage of fruits helps improve quality and market price. The leading fruit producing countries are China, India, Brazil, USA, and Italy.
This slides explains how Convolution Neural Networks can be coded using Google TensorFlow.
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A comprehensive tutorial on Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) which talks about the motivation behind CNNs and Deep Learning in general, followed by a description of the various components involved in a typical CNN layer. It explains the theory involved with the different variants used in practice and also, gives a big picture of the whole network by putting everything together.
Next, there's a discussion of the various state-of-the-art frameworks being used to implement CNNs to tackle real-world classification and regression problems.
Finally, the implementation of the CNNs is demonstrated by implementing the paper 'Age ang Gender Classification Using Convolutional Neural Networks' by Hassner (2015).
Transfer of learning refers to how knowledge and skills learned in one context can be applied in another context. Early research by Thorndike and Woodworth explored how learning transfers between similar tasks. Transfer of learning depends on factors like the similarity between the original learning task and new transfer task, the level of understanding achieved during initial learning, the context of learning, opportunities for practice, and motivation. Educators can promote transfer by teaching in meaningful contexts, providing varied practice opportunities over time, and encouraging positive attitudes.
Transfer of learning refers to applying knowledge learned in one context to new situations. Several factors affect transfer, including how well the knowledge is understood versus memorized, how abstract or contextualized it is, and the degree of similarity between situations. Transfer is improved when learners abstract principles from the material and practice applying it in various contexts. Instruction should provide meaningful, similar contexts for practice and encourage learners to reflect on connections to other domains in order to promote flexible knowledge that transfers well.
IRJET - Effective Workflow for High-Performance Recognition of Fruits using M...IRJET Journal
This document presents research on fruit recognition using machine learning approaches. The researchers used the fruit-360 dataset containing 74,572 images of 109 fruit classes. They applied feature extraction techniques including HU moments, Haralick texture, and color histogram. Several machine learning classifiers were then trained on the extracted features, including decision tree, K-nearest neighbors, linear discriminant analysis, logistic regression, naive Bayes, random forest, and support vector machine. The models were evaluated using metrics like sensitivity, specificity, precision, F1-score, and accuracy. The results found that K-nearest neighbors and random forest classifiers achieved the best performance with a false positive rate of 0% and high accuracy, outperforming previous fruit recognition studies.
IRJET- Identification of Scene Images using Convolutional Neural Networks - A...IRJET Journal
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block-DCTcoefficients from intra-block and inter-block relation and the statistical moments of characteristic
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1. Journal of Information Engineering and Applications www.iiste.org
ISSN 2224-5782 (print) ISSN 2225-0506 (online)
Vol 2, No.6, 2012
An FPGA based Efficient Fruit Recognition System Using Minimum
Distance Classifier
Harsh S Holalad, Preethi Warrier, Aniket D Sabarad
Dept of Electrical and Electronics Engg.,B V Bhoomaraddi College of Engg & Tech
Hubli-580031, India
*E-mail of the corresponding author: harsh.holalad@gmail.com
Abstract
The paper deals with a simple yet effective fruit identification system developed on an FPGA, SPARTAN
3(XC3S200-5PQ208) platform .The fruits under consideration were apple, banana, sapodilla and strawberry. Out of
these selected fruits there were four different classes of apples, two different classes of sapodillas and one class each
of the other two fruits. A total of 800 color images, 200 images of each fruit of size 64x64 were used for training.
The fruit identification success rate mainly depends on the feature vector and the Classifier used. The 3D feature
vector incorporates two first order statistical features and the shape feature. Using the 3D feature vector the
MATLAB analysis of The Minimum Distance Classifier (MID) fetched a success rate of 85%.The Verilog coded
Hardware platform was developed by burning the COE file of a Test image generated by JAVA ECLIPSE IDE onto
the IP core. The MATLAB results were verified using the Hardware Platform.
Keywords: RGB image, feature vector, MID, Verilog, FPGA, IP core, COE file.
1. Introduction
Fruit Recognition Systems that exist for fruit harvesting, tree yield monitoring,[2] disease detection and other
operations use computer vision strategies that consider features like color, shape and texture for recognition. This
paper suggests fruit recognition system design that uses a minimum distance classifier that imbibes first order
statistical features along with shape feature for efficient fruit identification. FPGA based design for the above system
has been simulated using Verilog.
Texture is a property that represents the surface and structure of an image.[5] Statistical methods analyze the spatial
distribution of gray values, by computing local features at each point in the image, and deriving a set of statistics
from the distributions of the local features. Depending on the number of pixels defining the local feature, statistical
methods can be further classified into first-order (one pixel), second-order (two pixels) and higher-order (three or
more pixels) statistics. The basic difference is that first-order statistics estimate the properties (e.g. mean and
variance) of individual pixel values, ignoring the spatial interaction between image pixels, whereas second- and
higher-order statistics estimate properties of two or more pixel values occurring at specific locations relative to each
other. [3] The mean used in texture analysis has been calculated using the color feature, thereby showing an inter
dependence of the features. The shape feature has been calculated by using the area and perimeter of the test image.
Combining the above features, an efficient algorithm using minimum distance classifier has been designed. The
initial analysis was done on MATLAB.
The motive behind the paper was to implement a real time fruit recognition system. This resulted in FPGA based
hardware implementation. The Verilog simulations were carried out in Xilinx ISE 10.1 & ISIM. A COE file of the
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image was generated using JAVA Eclipse, which was later burnt onto the IP CORE and then ran through the
identification algorithms.
The presented work deals with four different fruits, namely, apple (4 classes), banana, sapodilla (2 classes) and
strawberry. The flow is structured as follows. The section 2 discusses the Feature Extraction. Section 3 talks about
the Minimum Distance Classifier. The Section 4 deals with the Hardware Constrains of an FPGA experienced and
Section 5 talks about the Verilog Results and FPGA output. Finally, Section 6 gives the Concluding remarks of this
paper.
2. Feature Extraction
Features are the measurements which are used to discriminate between objects or data. They are the base on which
Classification is done.The criterion for feature extraction is that the features should be position, scale and distance
invariant. The features used are
2.1. First Order Statistical Features:
These features are the statistics calculated from the original pixel values without any [5] need of pixel relations or
use of matrix transforms. Statistical measures such as mean, variance, skewness, kurtosis, average energy, entropy
and dispersion fall into this class.
During the MATLAB analysis a trial and error approach was taken considering the hardware implementation into
account. Different combinations of these features were tried and it was found out that mean and variance had a
substantial impact on the efficacy and they were simple to be implemented as well. The mean and variance are
expressed as shown below,
ଵ
݉݁ܽ݊ ൌ ∑ ∑ ݔሺ݅, ݆ሻ........................................1
ሺ∗ሻ
ଵ
݁ܿ݊ܽ݅ݎܽݒൌ ∑ ∑ሺݔሺ݅, ݆ሻ െ ݉݁ܽ݊ሻଶ ...............2
ሺ∗ሻ
Where, x (i,j) is the pixel value of image x of size m x n.
2.2. Shape feature
Shape feature helps to determine the measure of roundness of an object. This feature makes the system more robust
because this feature is [4] independent of the distance between the camera and the object, unlike area and perimeter.
To obtain the measure of roundness the area and the perimeter of the object has to be measured. Area can be
measured by using segmentation techniques and edges of the object which is the perimeter can be obtained by going
for various edge detection algorithms.
The shape feature of an object can be calculated using the relation,
ܵ ൌ ቀܽܽ݁ݎൗ ݎ݁ݐ݁݉݅ݎ݁ଶ ቁ ∗ 4ߨ......................................3
2.2.1. Segmentation:
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Image segmentation is used to segment an image into various parts. It is normally a pre-processing step and can be
done to separate the main object under test from its background.
Of the different segmentation techniques like threshold based, edge based, and region based, the paper uses threshold
based technique for segmentation.
Inter Means Algorithm: It is a threshold based automatic segmentation technique developed [7]& [8] by
Ridler ,Calvard (1978) and Trussell (1979).This is an iterative algorithm which keeps on splitting the image
histogram into two halves by changing the threshold value.
In Figure 1,
1 is the initial guessed threshold value.
2 is the new threshold value after first iteration
3 is the new threshold after second iteration.
4 is the final threshold value used to create a binary image.
The figure helps in better understanding of the Inter-means algorithm, which is as follows:
Step 1-Consider an arbitrary threshold T.
Step 2-Means of pixels above (Ma) and below (Mb) the threshold values are calculated.
Step 3-The new threshold is calculated as
ܶ௪ ൌ ሺܯ ܯ ሻൗ
2.......................................................4
Step 4- The iteration is performed until the difference between the previous threshold (T) and the new threshold (Tnew)
is less than 1.
Once the threshold is calculated the image is then converted into a binary image. The count of white pixels is the area
in pixels.
The Segmentation results are found in Figure 2.
2.2.2. Edge Detection:
Edge detection is used to identify and locate sharp discontinuities in an image.[6] The edges are characterized by
abrupt changes in the pixel values. The various edge detection algorithms involve convolving the image with a 2-D
matrix ranging from size 2x2 to 5x5 or greater for increased efficiency. But in this paper approximate Robert edge
detection is used which is very simple to implement and is efficient.
.Approximate Robert edge Detection: It is a simple, quick to compute spatial Gradient measurement of an image.
Calculating the approximate Gradient from the Pseudo-Convolution mask:
P1 P2
P3 P4
Using this mask the approximate magnitude is given by:
| |ܩൌ |ܲଵ െ ܲଶ | |ܲଶ െ ܲଷ |.............................................5
The edges obtained, i.e. the count of white pixels is the perimeter in pixels.
The Edge Detection Results are obtained in Figure 2.
From equation 3, the shape feature is thus determined.
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3. Minimum Distance Classifier
Image classifiers analyse the numerical properties of various image features and organize data into categories.
Classification algorithms typically employ two phases of processing: training and testing. [1] In the initial training
phase, characteristic properties of typical image features are separated and, based on these, a training class is created.
In the subsequent testing phase, these feature-space partitions are used to classify image features. In supervised
classification, statistical patterns are used for classification while in unsupervised classification, clustering algorithms
are used. The minimum distance classifier is used to classify unknown image data to classes which minimize the
distance between the image data and the class in multi-feature space.
The distance classifier [2] that has been implemented employs the Euclidean distance given by,
݀݇ ൌ ට∑ሺX୲ െ Y୲ ሻଶ ୨ ......................................................6
Where,
Xt :jth feature of the tth class from test sample.
th
Yt:j feature of the tth class from the centroids obtained by the test samples.
j=feature vector.
As mentioned above, MID has two phases training part and the testing part. The algorithms for both are
Training Algorithm:
Step1: Consider an image of a fruit belonging to a class (say apple).
Step 2: Find the green (from RGB) component of the images.
Step 3: Compute mean of the G component using equation 1.
Step 4: Compute the variance of the image using equation 2.
Step 5: Perform automatic segmentation and isolate the object.
Step 6: Count of all the white pixels is the area of the object.
Step 7: Perform edge detection on the segmented (binary) image.
Step 8: Count of all the white pixels gives the perimeter of the object.
Step 9: Find the shape (measure of roundness) from equation 3.
Step 10: Repeat the Steps from 1-10 for different images of a class.
Step 11: The centroids are found for each feature (mean, variance, shape). centroid is calculated by calculating the
mean of each feature(means of 200 images of a class)
Step 12: Repeat the same for the remaining classes.
The obtained centroids will be used for the hardware implementation.
Testing Algorithm:
Step 1: The centroids of all the four fruits obtained from the MATLAB analysis are stored in the FPGA memory.
Step 2: The COE file of the test image is burnt on the IP core.
Step 3: Step 2-Step 9 from the training algorithm is performed.
Step 4: The Euclidean Distance between the test values obtained from Step 3 and that of the already stored Centroid
values obtained from training are calculated using equation 5.
Step 5: Find out the minimum distance amongst all the distances (each class) and assign the test image to the class
with minimum distance.
The Results of Minimum Distance classifier is in Table 1
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4. Hardware Constraints
This part of the paper deals with the limitations of the FPGA board which were encountered:
4.1. No Provision for camera Interface:
The SPARTAN 3 family does not have the provision to interface a camera. This board has been used for developing
the algorithm and testing it. Since the Camera interfacing was not possible on the board the test image coefficients
were generated by software named JAVA ECLIPSE IDE and was burned on the memory (using IP Core Generator).
4.2. Concurrent operation
All the “always @(posedgeclk )” blocks in the module are executed at every positive edge of the clock. For the
algorithm we have implemented involves more of sequential operations than the concurrent operations. Binary Flags
were used as delays when there was a need for sequential operation.
4.3. Loop execution
For, Case, while and Repeat loops should be used meticulously in the code. The loop executions depend heavily on
the instructions to be executed. It is best explained with an example,
Eg 1) Eg 2)
always@(posedge..clk)begin always@(posedge..clk)begin
for(i=0;i<100;i=i+1)begin if(i<100)begin
sum=t[i]+b[i]; sum=t[i]+b[i];
end end
end end
Both the above examples will do the addition of two array elements and store it in the register sum. Only the code in
Eg.2 will be Synthesized and Mapped into Gate Logic. The reason behind this is, the first example i.e. Eg.1 uses 100
adders to obtain the sum in one cycle, which will not be synthesized because the board is short of 100 adders. In the
second example, the sum is calculated using just a single adder but the sum will be obtained after 100 positive edge
clocks, hence it’s synthesized.
4.4. Division
Multiple subtractions have been used to obtain the quotient (only the integer part, the fraction part is neglected).
Eg.7/2=3.5;a=7;b=2;c=0;
In veilog it would be 3
First cycle:a=a-b;//a=5
c=c+1;//c=1
Second cycle:a=a-b;//a=3
c=c+1;//c=2
Third cycle:a=a-b;//a=1
c=c+1//c=3
Quotient=3;//it stops when a<b.
4.5. Procuring the Training data
As explained above that there’s no provision for camera interfacing, this would mean training 800 images on the
FPGA would be an uphill task and not to mention an unintelligent task to do. So the training data obtained in the
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MATLAB analysis can be considered. Unlike VHDL, VERILOG does not support matrices, so the Verilog and the
MATLAB results of a set of images were tested and were found to be the same.
This proves that the Verilog result and MATLAB results are same and hence the Centroids obtained in MATLAB
can be directly considered for the Hardware development.
5. Verilog Results and FPGA Output
In Figure 4, the FPGA board, the first four LED's glowing indicates that the apple image is detected which is
highlighted in the Red box. If in case a banana image was to be detected the next four LED's traversing from right to
left highlighted in the Yellow box would glow and on sapodilla’s detection the four LED's in the Brown box would
glow. The LED's in the Pink box would glow if the input image was a strawberry (Figure 6).
The results of two fruit detections have been shown in this section.
5.1. Apple
The input test image is an Apple
The distance computed for various fruits are:
Dist_apple =801,061
Dist_banana= 2,881,034
Dist_chikoo= 856,466
Dist_strawberry = 1,682,609
In the Figure 3, the red oval part above shows the distance computed of the apple and the red oval part below shows
that the classified image is an APPLE.
5.2. Strawberry
The input test image is a Strawberry
The distance computed for various fruits are:
Dist_apple = 1,347,922
Dist_banana= 14,086,609
Dist_chikoo=8,887,517
Dist_strawberry = 586,707
In the Figure 5, the red oval part above shows the distance computed of the apple and the red oval part below shows
that the classified image is a STRAWBERRY.
6. Conclusion
The feature selection is always a tricky part of any recognition system. The features selected were position and
distance invariant. Out of all the texture features only mean and variance were selected because of the substantial
impact it played on the success rate. The images clicked are not from a fixed length, so area and perimeter cannot be
chosen as the feature. Therefore area and perimeter were used to obtain the shape of the object (measure of
roundness). The use of automatic segmentation (inter-means algorithm) has given a very good efficiency in
calculating the area of the object. Even though the Approximate Gradient Robert Edge Detection technique is used,
the results of Perimeter were not varying much from the inbuilt MATLAB Robert edge detector. The final feature
vector is MEAN, VARIANCE and SHAPE. A set of 160 images, 40 from each class were tested on
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XC3S200-5PQ208 and the success rate was found to be 85%.The board provides an excellent platform for
developing and verifying the software analysis thus providing a firm ancillary towards implementing a real time fruit
recognition system.
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Table 1: Minimum Distance Classifier results
Test images MATLAB VERILOG
Fruit
result result
40 32/40 31/40
Apple
40 39/40 39/40
banana
40 33/40 33/40
sapodilla
40 32/40 31/40
strawberry
160 136/160(85%) 134/160(83.5%)
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Figure 1.Histogram of a sample image
Original G-Comp Binary Edges
Figure 2: Segmented and Edge Detected Images
Figure 3: Simulation Result of Apple Detection in ISIM
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Figure 4: Led Output Image of Apple Detection on XC3S200
Figure 5: Simulation Result of Strawberry Detection in ISIM.
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Figure 6: Led Output Image of Strawberry Detection on XC3S200
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