I would like to store several hundred convolution coefficients for a real time computer vision core using Xilinx's V2 8000 series FPGA. does anyone know the best way to do this? How many logic cells / block RAM does storing many constant coeff's take? Is there anyway to estimate the number of LC/BRAM needed to store, say X coeff's. Would it be better to store the coeff's in some off chip memory (like SRAM)? Also is there a way to import these coefficients into the VHDL using some kind of automated process (i suppose i could write a text parser in C to import all the coefficients into the VHDL before synthesis, but maybe there is a tool to do this kind of thing)? To have to type out several hundred numbers every time I wished to change the filter is ridiculous...
thanks