Real-time FPGA implementation of a reconfigurable ultrasonic detection system

Abstract

In this paper, we present hardware realization of a Reconfigurable Ultrasonic Flaw Detection system (RUFD) for real-time applications. It can be utilized in diverse environments and applications due to the run-time reconfiguration capability based on the parameters of the ultrasonic transceiver and the target material. Furthermore, this paper presents FPGA implementation results and discusses the steps for optimizing and enhancing the system in terms of the device resources usage and ultimately instrument production cost.

Configurable hardware design for frequency-diverse target detection

“…In [4], a hardware platform was presented to demonstrate the feasibility of FPGA based SSP applications. In this work, the configurable architecture is further improved by introducing a greater flexibility in the design and detailed hardware & software implementation results are presented and compared.…”