Lattice explore USB 3.0, HMI and MIPI at embedded world 2014

At the show, Lattice will demonstrate the USB3 and HMI solutions at the Arrow Electronics' stand (Hall 5 Booth 370) and Future Electronics' stand (Hall 4A Booth 110). Demonstrating touch screen based HMI solutions, HMI-on-a-Chip is a complete Lattice FPGA-based single chip HMI reference design. This scalable solution can be implemented using Lattice’s family of MachXO2 FPGAs, MachXO3 FPGAs or LatticeECP3 devices. The Lattice USB3 Video Bridge reference design will also be on show. This addresses emerging applications in consumer, video broadcast, machine vision, and surveillance applications built around the new USB3 interface.

Additionally, Ted Marena, Director of Product Marketing, MachXO Families, Lattice Semiconductor, will present present two papers at the event. On February 25th at 2.00 pm, he will present a paper titled ‘MIPI Interfaces in Embedded Designs with Ultra-Low-Density, Low-Power, Low-Cost FPGAs’. On February 26th at 2.00 pm, Marena will deliver his paper ‘Using low cost MIPI Displays in Embedded Applications’ at the Electronic Displays conference. These papers will address the emerging use of the MIPI standards within the context of embedded designs and specifically for display applications. He will also discuss how small-form factor FPGAs with their low power and low cost can help designers to overcome the system design challenges that must be addressed when integrating low-cost, high-reliability components designed for smart phones and tablets.

Kambiz Khalilian, Strategic Marketing and Business Development Manager, Lattice Semiconductor, comments: “The key benefits of the solution are scalability, high-end graphics, fast response times, and ease of HMI design: unlike microcontroller-based solutions, the Lattice HMI solution is editor-based, so no programming or operating system expertise is required. USB3 is amongst the preferred formats for reasons of flexibility, cost, size and availability of standard parts. However, since image sensor, SDI, or HDMI video & audio formats are different than USB3 data format, a bridge design is required, and low cost, low power FPGAs are ideal for this application.”