Accomplishments:
I started off this week by looking into sensors we could use instead of cameras after receiving feedback from our proposal presentation. However, we decided that sensors on shopping carts would be economically unfeasible, easy to break/lose, and sensors at checkout lines would be less accurate than cameras.
I also worked on the design presentation slides with Brian. We refined our use case requirements, decided on which components we would use, and created a block diagram for our system.
Lastly, I familiarized myself with the DE10-Standard FPGA by reading through the manual and system CD, downloading the necessary software, and working through the getting started guide and the tutorials for the FPGA. I am currently working through the HPS guide and I plan to finish that and the OpenCL guide in the next few days.
Progress:
I underestimated the amount of work needed to familiarize myself with the DE10-Standard, so I am behind schedule by a little bit. Also, I am still unsure of the details for the CV algorithm, so Brian and I have not gotten around to designing the RTL datapath. However, the schedule for this week only entails getting the communication between the FPGA and my laptop working, so hopefully I can still complete this task on time and catch back up. For next week, I hope to have an initial version of the datapath done and also be able to send and receive data between my laptop and the FPGA.