Sobel Edge Detection Using FPGA-Artix-7

Image processing requires extensive calculation. Image processing is conventionally done on CPU. Image processing on CPU is slow due to its sequential processing method. However FPGAs can be seen as an option to speed up image processing without increasing the clock speed because they allow parallel processing. In this project FPGA is used to implement the edge detection operation on image. The Sobel algorithm is used to detect the edges in an image. The Sobel algorithm is implemented on Artix-7 Field Programmable Gate Array FPGA from Xilinx using Hardware Description Language HDL and Intellectual Property IP cores.