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The Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) technique is a powerful tool for modeling electromagnetic fields. Its basic principle is to discretize Maxwell's equations and samplingcontinuous eletromagnetic fields over a uniform space grid, thus obtain solutions for the fields in the time domain.

3D FDTD algorithm can be used on buried object detectionareas. However, this method is computationally intensive and time consuming. Inplementation of this model in hardware will greatly increase its computational speed and widen itsusage in many areas.

The 3D-FDTD algorithm we used for buried object detection was developed by Panos Kosmas and Dr. Carey Rappaport of Northeastern University

The researchproject is to implement the 3D-FDTD algorithm on FPGA in order to assist the detection of anti-personnel mine in a region of Colombia where this problem every day claiming manyvictims.

The FPGA implementation of 3D-FDTD algorithm requires several three-dimensional FFT. so it is necessary to handle DSP capabilities and integrate the FPGA also capturehigh-definition video such as video through HDMI port. For these reasons and many others have thought in a ATLIS board because this integrates the components required to develop theproject.

This project comes as a social needs in the context of developing research projects of the telecommunications department of the University of Cauca.

The University ofCauca is a public institution of national character with high social impact and high quality standards, especially personal quality. But in a country like Colombia is verydifficult for resources to research and development projects, especially in a field so unknown in our local environment and the development of projects on programmable logic devices.