PMID- 34972455
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20220103
IS  - 1089-7623 (Electronic)
IS  - 0034-6748 (Linking)
VI  - 92
IP  - 12
DP  - 2021 Dec 1
TI  - On the use of field programmable gate arrays in light detection and ranging 
      systems.
PG  - 121501
LID - 10.1063/5.0049880 [doi]
AB  - This work aims to provide details on the latest technological developments 
      regarding LiDAR (Light Imaging Detection And Ranging) systems, with particular 
      reference to the techniques, architectures, and methodologies partially or 
      entirely implemented by means of the FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) 
      environment. Currently, LiDAR technology is considered of great interest as it is 
      widely employed in a variety of application fields, such as automotive, 
      seismology, archaeology, metrology, and military. For this reason, the required 
      performances are gradually increasing, which leads to complex and stringent 
      solutions. The growth in LiDAR systems' complexity suggests the use of high-end 
      general-purpose computing units such as central processing units to perform very 
      complex tasks and FPGAs to perform multiple tasks in real-time through the 
      implementation of dedicated computational blocks. The latter, in recent 
      architectures, are therefore used for the execution of specific tasks that 
      require high computational speed and system flexibility. This paper reports some 
      case studies recently applied in the LiDAR field, with the aim of illustrating 
      the role of FPGA technology and its benefits.
FAU - Leoni, A
AU  - Leoni A
AUID- ORCID: 0000000200664216
AD  - Department of Industrial and Information Engineering, and Economics, University 
      of L'Aquila, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy.
FAU - Esposito, P
AU  - Esposito P
AD  - Department of Industrial and Information Engineering, and Economics, University 
      of L'Aquila, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy.
FAU - Stornelli, V
AU  - Stornelli V
AUID- ORCID: 0000000170829429
AD  - Department of Industrial and Information Engineering, and Economics, University 
      of L'Aquila, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy.
FAU - Saggio, G
AU  - Saggio G
AUID- ORCID: 0000000290349921
AD  - Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", 00133 
      Roma, Italy.
FAU - Ferri, G
AU  - Ferri G
AUID- ORCID: 0000000280609558
AD  - Department of Industrial and Information Engineering, and Economics, University 
      of L'Aquila, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Rev Sci Instrum
JT  - The Review of scientific instruments
JID - 0405571
SB  - IM
EDAT- 2022/01/02 06:00
MHDA- 2022/01/02 06:01
CRDT- 2022/01/01 05:09
PHST- 2022/01/01 05:09 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/01/02 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/01/02 06:01 [medline]
AID - 10.1063/5.0049880 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Rev Sci Instrum. 2021 Dec 1;92(12):121501. doi: 10.1063/5.0049880.