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News Release from: Altera Europe | Subject: Altera Automotive Graphics System
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 16 February 2007
Embedded processor controls automotive
graphics
FPGA-based graphics system enables design engineers to quickly and efficiently design multiple automotive infotainment products based on a single electronic design.
New at Embedded World, the Altera Automotive Graphics System (AAGS) is a scalable solution that enables design engineers to quickly and efficiently design multiple automotive infotainment products based on a single electronic design Implemented in Altera's low-cost Cyclone series or high-performance Stratix series FPGAs, the AAGS enables designers to overcome the lengthy and costly design cycles of fixed-function graphic controllers
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 27 Jun 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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The AAGS design platform integrates Altera's Nios II embedded processor with third-party intellectual property (IP) and design tools from automotive graphics partners including: TES Electronic Solutions OpenGL ES-compliant graphics library and embedded 2D/3D Graphic Multiplatform Library (eGML), for the real-time generation of display graphics; Imagem's spline-based library for handling bitmaps, frame buffer accesses, drawing of graphic primitives and object handing and movement; Segger Microcontroller Systeme support for emWin; and Altia's GUI building tool for quick automotive human machine interface (HMI) development.
In addition to the Nios II processor, the AAGS incorporates a LCD timing controller, a basic multilayer multiple-display controller, a sophisticated spline manipulation engine and a vector graphics acceleration engine.
"An FPGA-based solution gives automotive designers a highly efficient means for modifying their designs so they can create product differentiation and quickly meet changing market requirements without costly system redesign", said Todd Scott, Senior Director of Altera's Consumer, Automotive, Broadcast Business Unit.
"To beat the overall cost of standard cell solutions, AAGS customers can go directly to production with the low-cost Cyclone series FPGA, or for more complex designs that require implementation in a high-performance Stratix series FPGA, migrate to a HardCopy structured ASIC to drive down costs".
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