Rapid Development of System-on-Chip (SoC) for Network-Enabled Visible Light Communications

Authors

  • Trio Adiono School of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia
  • Syifaul Fuada University Center of Excellence on Microelectronics, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5258-5149
  • Rosmianto Aji Saputro Xirka Silicon Technology, Co. Ltd., Bandung, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijes.v6i1.8098

Abstract


Visible Light Communication (VLC) is an emerging optical communication technology with rapid development nowadays. VLC is considered as a compliment and successor of radio-frequency (RF) wireless communication. There are various typical implementations of VLC in which one of them is for exchanging data TCP/IP packets, thus the user can browse the internet as in established Wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) technology. Briefly, we can call it by Light fidelity (Li-Fi). This paper described the design and implementation of System-on-Chip (SoC) subsystem for Li-Fi application where the implemented SoC consists of hardware (H/W) and software (S/W). In the H/W aspect, Physical Layer (PHY) is made by using UART communication with Ethernet connection to communicate with Host/Device personal-computer (PC). In the S/W aspect, Xillinux operating system (OS) is used. The H/W- as well as S/W-SoC, are realized in FPGA Zybo Zynq-7000 EPP development board. The functional test result shows (without optical channel or Zybo-to-Zybo only) that the implemented SoC is working as expected. It is able to exchange TCP/IP packets between two PCs. Moreover, Ethernet connection has bandwidth up to 83.6 Mbps and PHY layer baud rate has bandwidth up to 921600 bps.

Author Biographies

Trio Adiono, School of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia

Trio Adiono (Assoc. Prof. Dr.) is a senior lecturer of the School of Electrical Engineering and Informatics ITB. He is a member of international conferences (e.g. GCCE, ISPACS, APSIPA, ISESD), a head director of University Center of Excellence on Microelectronics, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia and a chairman of Solid-State Circuits Society (SSCS) Indonesia chapter. He is an author and co-author of 150+ publications (national or international levels).

Syifaul Fuada, University Center of Excellence on Microelectronics, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia

Syifaul Fuada (B.A. M.Sc) is a researcher and engineer in University Center of Excellence on Microelectronics (www.pme.itb.ac.id/), Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia. He is the Associate Editor of the journal of INFOTEL and reviewer in several international journals. His research interests include visible light communication system, DSP, IC design, multimedia learning development, instrumentation and discrete analog design. He is a coordinator of VLC research in IC design labs ITB.

Rosmianto Aji Saputro, Xirka Silicon Technology, Co. Ltd., Bandung, Indonesia

Rosmianto Aji Saputro (B.Eng) is an embedded system engineer in PT. Xirka Silicon Technology (www.xirkachipset.com/), Bandung, Indonesia. Hardware Group Member. Works including device requirement analysis to meet client needs, firmware development, also hardware testing and verification. He has finished several big projects like “Arduino MQTT Library for SIM900 GSM-GPRS Module” in 2016, “Disco Room with Beat Detection” in 2016 and “FPGA-based 1024-bit Pseudorandom Number Generator” in 2014, “Wirelay” in 2014, and many more.

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Published

2018-03-19

How to Cite

Adiono, T., Fuada, S., & Saputro, R. A. (2018). Rapid Development of System-on-Chip (SoC) for Network-Enabled Visible Light Communications. International Journal of Recent Contributions from Engineering, Science & IT (iJES), 6(1), pp. 107–119. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijes.v6i1.8098

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2018)

Section

Short Papers

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