Digi ConnectCore Series - Image Processing Unit (IPU)

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Image Processing Unit (IPU)
Connect relevant devices - cameras, displays, graphics accelerators, TV encoders and
decoders
Related image processing and manipulation: sensor image signal processing, display 
processing, image conversions, etc.
Synchronization and control capabilities (for example, to avoid tearing artifacts)
The following figure shows the simplified block diagram of the IPU:
Image Processing Unit (IPU)
CSI
CameraSensorI
/
F
SMFC
CSI
CameraSensorI/F
/
VDI
VideoDeInterlacer
DI
ICDI
IDMAC
Image DMA
Controller
DI
Display I/F
Image ConverterDisplay I/F
DP
Display processor
DC
Display Control
DMFC
CM
ControlModule
IRT
Image Rotator