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Index RVM Home Applications Challenges Hardware Architecture Baseboard Host Interface 
Modules
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The RVM architecture and baseboards can support
any module which conforms to the basic module standard. Modules may
be microprocessors, IO devices, or hardware-based image processing devices.
We currently support four production modules and have prototypes for several
more.
C44 DSP Module -- This module is a processing module based on the popular Texas Instruments DSP processor. It supports 4 16Mhz communications ports, a global bus interface, and 4MB of fast SRAM.
Video Digitizer Module -- This module is capable of capturing images from a wide range of video sources including full frame-rate (60 Hz) progressive scan cameras. Captured video is streamed out one or both of a pair of 50Mhz communications ports. Useful features include image tagging and a frame-buffer to store captured images for later retrieval. Video Display Module -- This module is capable of displaying images to a wide variety of video monitors. The module includes a frame buffer for storing images as well as two color overlay planes. We have also prototyped a number of hardware modules including
an image-tranformer and two FPGA-based special-purpose image processors.
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DSP Module -- This module is based on the new Philips DSP processor.
This is a very high performance chip based on a VLIW archtecture.
Performance on most image processing applications is better than that of
a typical workstation or PC in a much smaller, cooler and cheaper package.
The module supports 6 50Mhz communications ports, a high-speed global bus
and 4MB of SDRAM.