xilinx as video processor?

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Just wondering if the smaller xilinx products are fast enough to do processing of video signals. ( i know they can handle the complexity )

What i want to do is take RGBI from older computers ( like Atari, commodore, etc ) and convert them into VGA for a PC monitor..

Ive seen some projects in discrete hardware for a single type of machine, but never one for several types of machines, and none in FPGA ( goign this route for size and simplicity )

Since we aren't talking drastic resolutions here, i figured they would be fast enough?

Sylvain Munaut · Accepted Answer

HiI would guess so too ... 640x480 is < 30Mhz pixel clock, easily achievable.Of course that also depends on the treatment but it sounds like all you needis a timing adaptator ...Sylvain

Falk Brunner · Answer

"Sylvain Munaut"  schrieb imNewsbeitrag news:41dd74ee$0$2457$achievable.Yes, aka scan doubler. No big deal in a Spartan-II(E) or IIIRegardsFalk

Ray Andraka · Answer

Yeah, no problem in current FPGA offerings.  HDTV apps are far more demanding in terms of pixel rate and image size, yet even spartanI series parts were fast enough for HD apps with enough care taken on the design.Falk Brunner wrote:-- --Ray Andraka, P.E.President, the Andraka Consulting Group, Inc.401/884-7930     Fax 401/884-7950email      "They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little   temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."                                          -Benjamin Franklin, 1759

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