FPGA based system for video compression and transmission over bluetooth

An implementation of real-time video compression and transmission method using low-cost Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) is presented in this paper. The proposed system utilizes Bluetooth link in order to transmit 88x136 pictures at the rate of up to 17 frames per second. The main focus was on the low-power implementation of the system because of its mobility. This is why the Bluetooth was chosen as wireless carrier. Also the demand for this kind of systems is growing. Therefore the hardware design effort was targeted to the lowest FPGA area usage at the appropriate performance level. This was done by modifying the existing image compression methods in order to simplify the design. The system captures input from widely known CMUCam video camera module and transmits picture to the PC system.