Multi-FPGA Platform for Smart Automobiles Embedded Electronics Design and Prototyping

摘要

Automobile constructors have considered the high technology advance in embedded computing to develop and propose the vehicle of tomorrow. Smart Car, autonomous Car, or connected Car are several adjectives to qualify these kind of vehicles. In this paper we share our engineering work experience using FPGAs (Field Programmable Gate Array) to prototype the embedded electronics integrated in these smart vehicles. We made-up several embedded systems that communicates with each other wirelessly and with a mobile computing node represented by a Raspberry Pi3 based Drone as Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). Using multiple FPGA, our platform emulates a V2X communication architecture between a different instance and a control station represented also by an FPGA platform. We also discuss the investigation of the embedded intelligent based image processing algorithm implemented in the Drone for vehicle recognition. We did this in three stages. Firstly, we show how artificial intelligence and machine learning is changing the automobile industry, and how an interaction between a vehicle and the exterior environment can increase road safety. Secondly, we describe our Multi-FPGA platform and how FPGA based design can be benefits for automobile applications and for V2X communication. Finally, we will explain our choices and share our preliminary results.