LED Display 2014-2015

= LED Display =

Description
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Sponsor:
Dr. Robert Rinker

Faculty:
Professor Bruce Bolden

Duration:
Two Semesters


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Problem Statement
The past senior design project LED Video Player allowed us to drive full-motion video to LED panels using an FPGA. However the video required a pre-processing step with a computer, which limited speed and convenience.

The system we're developing now will send an HDMI video signal directly to an FPGA. The FPGA will then pass a scaled down copy of the video to the LED panels. This will allow "plug-and-play" usage with any HDMI source, without the need for a computer, and with little to no configuration required.

Upon completion of this project we will be able to drive real-time video to multiple LED panels from any HDMI signal that's in a supported resolution.

Previous Work
Main page: LED Video Player.

Specifications
Our client interview was pretty laid back and not that formal.

Interview with Dr. Robert Rinker
Our interview with Dr. Rinker was totally laid back. We made sure we were all on the same page with the general project direction, but we did not lay down super detailed requirements or specifications.

Dr. Rinker was happy with our initial (and in the end final) FPGA choice, the Digilent Atlys. He was concerned with the difficulty of FPGA development and for that reason didn't want the project goals to be too difficult.