[Elphel-support] how to dump code into camera

[agvision.cl]

Hello Oleg,

I understand that the 10359 has an additional XC3S1200 FPGA that can be used for image
processing routines without modifying the FPGA on the 353 main board. Is there a simple
way to dump a Verilog generated bitstream onto the 10359 FPGA, such as putting it into a
file like /etc/x353.bit?


Thank you,

Per Bj. Bro




On Mon, 11 Aug 2014 13:33:14 -0600, Oleg wrote
> Guarav,
> 
> 1. i want to perform correlation between two images ,i have a code written
> > in verilog but how to dump that code into camera??
> >
> If you have a single lens camera (NC353, NC353-... - meaning there's no
> 10359 board installed that has an extra fpga) :
> 
> The src verilog files for the system board fpga are here:
> http://elphel.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/elphel/elphel353-8.0/fpga/x3x3/
> In short, you need to add your code to the project, but most likely it
> won't fit in the fpga or won't meet the timing the fpga on the system board
> is almost full.
> 
> If you manage to create a bitstream - it should be called x353.bit and
> copied it to the camera /etc/ - after rebooting the fpga will be configured
> with a new bitstream.
> If the camera doesn't have the serial output port on the side (NC353-369) -
> it will be hard to debug possible problems - bad bitstream can cause losing
> connection or damaging the hardware.
> 
> 2. is iverilog 0.9.5-1 will work instead of 0.9.3 and is we need to install
> > icraus verilog as we already have  ISE WEBPACK.??
> >
>  iverilog 0.9.5-1 should work - never tested though. For verilog
> verification you can use both ISE Webpack or Icarus Verilog + GTKWave.
> 
> 3. i installed mplayer by command line but as i typed : mplayer rtsp://
> > 192.168.0.9:554 -vo x11 -fs -zoom then camera is in working mode but we
> > got blurred image??
> >
> Blurred - compared to http://192.168.0.9:8081/bimg?
> 
> > *SO WHAT I DID IS IT OK OR I NEED TO INSTALL SOMETHING ELSE ????*
> 
> For verilog:
>   ISE Webpack, Icarus and GTKWave
> 
> For the camera software:
>   cross-compiler, get the camera firmware built from cvs
>
<http://wiki.elphel.com/index.php?title=Elphel_Software_Kit_for_Ubuntu#Build_Elphel_Software>
> -
> then you can modify sources and rebuild it. KDevelop makes it easier to
> navigate through the project.
>   Building the firmware requires to have the NFS server set up.
> 
> ImageJ plugins are mostly for our calibrated/stereo/multi-sensor cameras.
> You can use them as a base to write your own plugin for correlation, for
> example.
> 
> Best regards,
> Oleg Dzhimiev
> Electronics Engineer
> phone: +1 801 783 5555 x124
> Elphel, Inc.


Per Bjarne Bro, PhD
AgVision S.A.
El Recodo s/n, Romeral
Chile
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