High-speed image acquisition storage systems generally divide into two type :one is base on PC ,another is embedded!Hardware part generally consists of a PC and a display, the PC is integrated with image acquisition card, high speed memory card.The Common high-speed memory card is the solid-state disk based on PCIE and also based on SATA.Software part generally consist of the image acquisition card driver, image acquisition process, image storage card driver, image data storage card written ,read program and image playback software (player software) etc .The software which real time deployed in PC obtained the display and storage .
The embedded image acquisition storage system , it generally consists by the ARM + SSD or FPGA + FLASH or FPGA + SSD ,It is relatively easy to implement that ARM + SSD system based on SATA interface ,but because of the ARM IO capacity is not high ,it only guarantee the 50-60 MB/s hard disk write speed normally .Because the ARM in Linux is not real-time operating system , so ARM + SSD system generally cannot apply for the necessary of guarantee the real-time image collection and storage.
The FPGA + FLASH is early embedded image acquisition of the mainstream in a storage system solutions,The single-chip FLASH capacity is generally small at that time ,If you want to support the large capacity storage,you should use the FLASH array.The FPGA + FLASH products,which design of the structure is so flexible,As the systems are all composed of chips , So it widely use in military field,but the FPGA + FLASH structure products ,it is necessary to changed the FLASH FLASH chip to achieve expansion purpose and it is not so convenient to changed!It is hard to satisfied many kinds request in the current rapid development of industrial camera,So it will be replace from the FPGA + SSD based on SATA interface structure alternative products.
The FPGA + SSD product adopt the standard solid plate of SATA interface ,So it is so flexible on the choice of capacity ,At the same time ,the solid-state disk which based on SATA interface now it is very mature standard products.This standard product closely followed the development of Moore's law,Capacity expansion is very fast and ,Falling prices are also very fast and with the high cost-effective.So the cost-effective of the FPGA+SSD is higher than the FPGA+FLASH .The image acquisition storage system based on PC which usually used in the research laboratory environment ,the less high requirement on the volume of equipment, the less high power consumption demand etc
Aviation field puts forward stringent requirements on the storage device,Some of the enterprises at abroad and domestic mainly through the industrial control computer + custom dedicated FLASH storage card structure to achieve the request.The OEM cost is so high ,at the same time the structure equipment with the big volume and big power consumption.Embedded image acquisition storage system has small volume, low power consumption and it can meet the requirements of special aerial field vibration ,it is popular in the field of aerial.At the same time ,there are some occasions will consider the embedded image acquisition storage system ,such as who will do the industrial camera image acquisition experiments outdoor , who will carry the image collection and storage system,and It is so inconvenient to carry ,big power consumption and big volume of the Image collection storage system based on PC.