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SLVS-EC™

Unlock high-speed industrial vision with Sony’s SLVS-EC™ technology on Microchip’s PolarFire® FPGAs. Pioneered by Sony®, this advanced high-bandwidth, low-latency interface delivers superior image quality and seamless integration for automation, machine vision, and robotics applications. 

With support for high-resolution, high-frame-rate image sensors, the SLVS-EC IP is designed for applications that demand accuracy and speed. It drives Industrial Machine Vision (inspection, AOI, defect detection) with global shutter line and area scan cameras, and is also proven in Robotics and Medical Scopes for real-time, high-quality imaging.

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Supported Families and IP Licensing Requirements


FeaturesSLVS-EC 2.0
Supported FamiliesPolarFire, PolarFire SoC
Licensing Requirements

Free to Use – The Encrypted IP and Libero Silver licenses are available at no cost.

Click here to learn about Libero licensing. 

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Evaluation Options


Summary


Evaluation Options

Kits required for evaluation

Short Description

Additional Requirements

Supported Families*

SLVS-EC 2.0 to  HDMI

SLVS EC 2.0 FMC +

MPF300-VIDEO-KIT-NS

4 channel SLVS-EC demo with 1080p60 HDMI output

HDMI monitor

PolarFire® FPGA

SLVS-EC 2.0 to CoaXPress 1

SLVS EC 2.0 FMC +

MPF100-QCXP

8 channel SLVS-EC demo with 4-channel CXP output

Framegrabber + Linux PC + HDMI monitor

PolarFire® FPGA

1. Currently in development. Contact us for details

4-channel SLVS-EC demo with 1080p60 HDMI output

  • High-speed SLVS-EC interface (Sony SSS) with embedded clock for simplified, long-range sensor transmission
  • Part of Microchip’s Smart Embedded Vision IPs for intelligent-edge video applications
  • Supports 4K video capture with 1080p60 HDMI output, ISP pipeline, and auto exposure control
  • Configurable Rx IP: 2/4/8 lanes up to 4.752 Gbps/lane, supporting Raw 8/10/12 formats
  • Seamless integration with PolarFire® Video Kit, SLVS-EC FMC device, and HDMI monitor

8 channel SLVS-EC 2.0  with 4-channel CoaXPress output

The PolarFire 2 FPGA family will go even further up the performance and power efficiency curve and add new RISC-V-based high-performance compute elements, adding 15× more compute capability to our roadmap.

PolarFire Video Kit

Evaluate 4K image processing and rendering using dual camera sensors, numerous display interfaces and popular imaging and video protocols including MIPI CSI-2 TX, MIPI CSI-2 RX, HDMI 1.4 TX, HDMI 2.0, DSI and HD/3G SDI.

SLVS-EC 2.0 FMC

This FMC daughter card is a dedicated platform for evaluating and testing the SLVS-EC receiver IP with PolarFire FPGAs.

PolarFire Quad Channel CXP-12 Kit

The quad-channel PolarFire CXP-12 Kit showcases an SLVS-EC™-to-CoaXPress bridge for connecting high-speed image sensors to industry-standard vision systems. It delivers reliable, low-latency, high-resolution imaging over long-distance coaxial links.

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