Product category:
Programmable Logic Devices
News Release from: Altera Europe | Subject: HardCopy and Nios II
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 11 January 2007
Home projectors move from FPGA to
structured ASIC
Altera's programmable logic solutions continue delivering award-winning image quality in Sanyo Electric's PLV-Z5 series of home projectors.
Altera's programmable logic solutions continue delivering award-winning image quality in Sanyo Electric's PLV-Z5 series of home projectors Sanyo is now leveraging Altera's HardCopy structured ASIC family with a Nios II embedded processor for image processing and enhancement for its latest PLV-Z5 home projector
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 27 Jun 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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This follows Sanyo's integration of an embedded system solution using Stratix FPGAs and Nios II processors to perform critical image enhancement functions in their previous PLV-Z4 model.
Together, the HardCopy device and Nios II processor deliver a combination of digital signal processing (DSP) performance and programming flexibility that efficiently integrates many video functions into a single device.
Intelligent image processing and enhancement operations performed by the Altera-based system include automatic gamma adjustment, noise reduction, colour management, matrix sharpness and several presentation modes optimised for specific types of content.
"For our earlier PLV-Z4 home projector model, Altera's Stratix FPGAs and Nios II processors gave us the embedded system we needed to deliver the highest quality visual experience", said Kazuto Sugimura, General Manager of Technology Unit, Projector Central Business Unit, DI Company, Sanyo.
"This time, by using the Stratix FPGA plus HardCopy structured ASIC solution for the PLV-Z5, we can design new features and functions more quickly and cost-effectively than alternative silicon solutions allow".
The PLV-Z5 has won several awards, including this year's HiVi magazine's 2006 Best Buy award, a Hot Product award from ProjectorReviews.com, and five-star ratings across all review categories from Projector Central.
The seamless migration path from a Stratix FPGA to a low-cost HardCopy structured ASIC for volume production enables consumer industry leaders like Sanyo to offer advanced, high-demand features when customers want them.
"FPGA-to-HardCopy structured ASIC migration allows major consumer product manufacturers like Sanyo to differentiate their products while maximising engineering productivity", said Todd Scott, Senior Director of Altera's broadcast and consumer business unit.
"This is why innovative designers faced with short development cycles are turning to Altera's programmable and structured ASIC solutions".
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