A dynamic computing platform for image and video processing applications

We present a dynamic computing platform that allows for rapid prototyping of image and video processing applications systems. Here, an Ethernet MAC is used to stream video in and out of the FPGA. The output video is also sent to a video port for display. The system features a simple way to specify the dynamic video processing modules that are going to be multiplexed in time. The dynamic control is user-specified in the embedded processor's software routine. We test the platform on two video processing applications, where the system's overall performance is evaluated as a function of the reconfiguration rate.