Multi-source data oriented flexible real-time information fusion platform on FPGA

To implement the algorithms of information fusion in industry, the DSP-FPGA hybrid system is usually used which combined the advantage of DSP and FPGA, easy programming and handling custom interfaces, together. However, the hardware of the hybrid system is relatively complex. In this paper, a new platform, which supports multiple inputs of sensors solely on FPGA, has been put forward. With the state-of-art SoPC (System on Programmable Chip) technology, our platform can integrate microprocessor and many interfaces of different sensors as logic circuits into FPGA so that the peripheral circuit and DSP can be simplified and even removed. Besides, the software development on the system can be implemented in C instead of HDL. The performance analysis is given and the system is proved to be a stable, cost-effective and power-efficient platform.