A low computing power frame rate converter

A method of converting an unmatched image frame rate converter is presented. This low processing power method solves the problem of an unmatched frame rate between the image source and the instrument display apparatus, especially in a power limited condition. We used a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) device as the design platform because of its flexibility and can be further transferred into Application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) to reduce the overall power consumption. The proposed design uses no power hungry arithmetic processing unit, such as multiplexer. Therefore, it is suitable for low-power design, such as portable devices and hand-held instrument monitors.