3 Reasons FPGAs Industrial Apps

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2011 Altera CorporationPublic

3 Reasons to UseFPGAs in Industrial Applications

Jason Chiang

Industrial and Automotive Business UnitMIC Division

February 2011


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Agenda

Introduction

3 reasons to use FPGAs in industrial applications Design integration

Flexibility to change

Performance scaling

Partner ecosystem solutions

Summary

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Introduction


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PLDs in Industrial Applications

Programmable logic devices (PLDs) are widely used inindustrial applications Industrial automation, motion and motor control and drives,

I/O expansion, image processing, and others

PLDs include CPLDs and FPGAs, often usedfor glue logic and coprocessing

FPGAs are migrating intosystem-on-chip (SoC) solutions

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Coprocessors andGlue Logic Solutions

SoC Solutions


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Key Industrial Trends Driving FPGAAdoption

Demand for more easily managed factory networks at lower total costof ownership (TCO) Migration to changing Industrial Ethernet and safety standards

Usage of Ethernet equipment and cables to lower costs

Demand for high-performance, energy-efficient, and safe controllers More than 66% of energy consumed in factories

comes from inefficient motors

Within 5 years, more than 70% of drive and motion controlsystems worldwide need to be functionally safe (IEC 61508)

Advancement in surveillance cameras Wide dynamic range (WDR) sensors enable

human eye-like sensitivity

Analytics moving from control or DVR side to camera side

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FPGAs in Industrial Equipment

I/O modules, servo drives, valves, programmable logic controllers

(PLCs), and human-machine interfaces (HMIs) Computer numeric controller (CNC) machines, printing machines,

robots, and mobile cranes

Machine vision and video surveillance

Factory automation systems and power distribution systems Transportation systems such as ships, trains, and off-highway

vehicles

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PCB AssemblyServo Drives RoboticsPLC


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Key Design Challenges

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Key Design Challengesof Industrial Designs

Design Flexibilityand Networking

EmbeddedProcessing

Performance

SystemIntegration

and Safety

TCO andProduct Life Cycle


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Design Integration: FPGA as Coprocessor

Offloads the digital signal processing (DSP) block or microcontrollerunit (MCU) Adapts to evolving standards and system functions Saves hardware and software development costs

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Design Integration: FPGA as SoC

Enables integration of processors, DSP functions, I/O interfaces, and

others Capitalizes on existing OS, board support package (BSP), and application softwareexpertise

Adapts to changing standards, systems functions, and performance Lowers TCO through SoC methodology with device longevity

Simplifies development as applications run on one FPGA platform

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Flexibility to Change:Fieldbus Migration to Industrial Ethernet

MCU/DSP/ASSP/ASIC designs

attempt to integrate allapplications on one device

Still require optional fieldbus-specific ASIC for industrialcommunications

MCUs/DSPs lack performance toprocess Industrial Ethernet inparallel to motion and motor controltasks

One solution is the discreteadoption of Industrial Ethernet usingdual MCUs or an MCU with anFPGA

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MCU orFPGA


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Design Integration: FPGA as Coprocessorand SoC

Acts as a coprocessor for WDR ISP functions

Provides integration of multiple system functions and design flexibilityto become the SoC solution

Lowers BOM and TCO costs through SoC methodology

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EthernetPHY

Motors for Direction,Zoom, etc.

or

Ethernet

DSP

Sensor Processing

Encoding Network Control

Motor Control

Flash DDR-SDRAM
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Design Integration: FPGA as SoC

Enables integration of WDR image sensor pipeline (ISP), encoding,

networking, and analytics Adapts to changing standards, systems functions, and performance

Lowers BOM and TCO costs through SoC methodology

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EthernetPHY

Flash DDR-SDRAM

Motor for Direction,Zoom, etc.

or

Ethernet

Sensor Processing Encoding

Network ControlMotor Control
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Performance Scaling

MCU/DSP/ASSP/ASIC devices will reach a performance ceiling

Three ways to scale performance with FPGAs

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Custom Instructions

Extends CPU performance

CPU fetches math and logical operations For example: floating-point and

bit-manipulation operations In-line hardware is much faster than software

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CustomInstruction

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Custom Instruction Logic

Example: Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) 64-Kb Buffer


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Hardware Accelerators to Clear Bottlenecks

Concurrent data coprocessing

CPU starts and stops coprocessor Coprocessor fetches data and stores results

CPU runs application code concurrently

Ideal for block data operations (for example: DSP blocks)

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CRCCoprocessor

ProgramMemory

CPU

DataMemory

Arbiter

DataMemory

Arbiter

Coprocessor0

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1,000

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rations/Second

SoftwareOnly

CustomInstruction

530XFaster27X

Faster

Example: CRC 64-Kb Buffer


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Partner Ecosystem Solutions


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Partner Ecosystem Solutions

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Solutions Platforms Partner Ecosystems

Functional safety Available as the FunctionalSafety Data Package withdiagnostic intellectualproperty (IP)

TV Rheinland-qualified tools,tool flow, and IP and silicondata with Quartus II softwarev9.0 SP2

I/O companion Kontrons IntelAtomProcessor E6xx SeriesStarter Kit

Industrial networking Terasic Industrial NetworkingKit (INK) with Altera IndustrialNetworking Partner Program

Machine vision GigE Vision and Camera Link

Motor control Arrow MotionFire, EBVFalconEye, and networkingpartners

Video surveillance Apical (ISP), WDR sensors,and H.264 encoders
http://www.altera.com/end-markets/industrial/functional-safety/ind-functional-safety.htmlhttp://www.altera.com/end-markets/industrial/io-hub/ind-io-hub.htmlhttp://www.altera.com/end-markets/industrial/automation/ethernet/ind-ethernet.htmlhttp://www.altera.com/end-markets/industrial/machine-vision/ind-machine-vision.htmlhttp://www.altera.com/end-markets/industrial/motor-control/ind-motor-control.htmlhttp://www.altera.com/end-markets/industrial/video-surveillance/ind-video-surveillance.htmlhttp://www.altera.com/end-markets/industrial/video-surveillance/ind-video-surveillance.htmlhttp://www.altera.com/end-markets/industrial/motor-control/ind-motor-control.htmlhttp://www.altera.com/end-markets/industrial/machine-vision/ind-machine-vision.htmlhttp://www.altera.com/end-markets/industrial/automation/ethernet/ind-ethernet.htmlhttp://www.altera.com/end-markets/industrial/io-hub/ind-io-hub.htmlhttp://www.altera.com/end-markets/industrial/functional-safety/ind-functional-safety.html


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Summary


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Summary: Key FPGA Advantages

Integration of all system functions on

one FPGA Increases reliability and

lowers manufacturing cost

Flexibility to meet changing standards

and features

Performance scaling through hardware acceleration

Additional benefits of FPGAs include

Maximizing your market share through fast time to market Lowering risk of obsolescence through long FPGA life cycles

Lowering your total cost of ownership over the lifetime of your product

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