FPGA-Based Tactile Sensory Platform with Optical Fiber Data Link for Feedback Systems in Prosthetics
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Review of the State-of-the-Art
3. System Architecture: Design and Implementation
3.1. The Tactile Sensors
3.2. The Data Acquisition System
3.3. The Optical Communication Link
3.4. The Electrotactile Stimulator
4. Experimental Setup and Results
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Number of tactile sensors | 32 |
Sensor data sampling rate | 2 kS/s |
Optical transmission data rate | 100 Mbps |
Optical link power consumption | 5 mW |
Transmission power efficiency | 50 pJ/bit |
FPGA LUTs for the Tx + Rx | 1420 + 1320 |
FPGA FFs for the Tx + Rx | 2230 + 2860 |
[Ref] Year | [22] 2019 | [24] 2019 | [25] 2020 | [This Work] 2023 |
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Data rate [Mbps] | 1 | 0.125 | 6.78 | 100 |
Efficiency [pJ/bit] | 30 k | 50.4 k | 1.01 k | 50 |
Communication link | Bluetooth | RFID | Inductive | Optical |
Maximum operating distance [m] | <100 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 200 |
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Di Patrizio Stanchieri, G.; Saleh, M.; De Marcellis, A.; Ibrahim, A.; Faccio, M.; Valle, M.; Palange, E. FPGA-Based Tactile Sensory Platform with Optical Fiber Data Link for Feedback Systems in Prosthetics. Electronics 2023, 12, 627. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics12030627
Di Patrizio Stanchieri G, Saleh M, De Marcellis A, Ibrahim A, Faccio M, Valle M, Palange E. FPGA-Based Tactile Sensory Platform with Optical Fiber Data Link for Feedback Systems in Prosthetics. Electronics. 2023; 12(3):627. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics12030627
Chicago/Turabian StyleDi Patrizio Stanchieri, Guido, Moustafa Saleh, Andrea De Marcellis, Ali Ibrahim, Marco Faccio, Maurizio Valle, and Elia Palange. 2023. "FPGA-Based Tactile Sensory Platform with Optical Fiber Data Link for Feedback Systems in Prosthetics" Electronics 12, no. 3: 627. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics12030627