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A project log for VR Camera V2: FPGA VR Video Camera

An FPGA-powered camera that shoots and stitches stereoscopic 360 video in real time.

colin-pateColin Pate 04/27/2019 at 21:410 Comments

The figure below shows the system diagram I came up with after running the numbers on the system requirements. The DE10-Nano is still the centerpiece of the camera due to its high number of IOs, strong FPGA, and low price. I debated using the Ultra96 board, which has high speed connectivity, a faster memory bus, and more powerful Xilinx FPGA, but it wouldn't be able to support input from 4 cameras simultaneously and costs $200 compared to $130 for the DE10-Nano.

So far, I have the front end of the camera mostly working - the PCBs are assembled, and two DE10-Nanos are successfully talking to the cameras and performing debayering and warping.

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