FPGA Verification and ASIC Implementation of a Load Carrying Follower Cart

  • Authors

    • Richmond D. Gabi
    • Angel Grace M. Sarmiento
    • Olga Joy L. Gerasta
    • Jefferson A. Hora
    • J. Banuchandar
    2018-11-30
    https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i4.28.25391
  • Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), mobile robot, Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV), Ultrasonic Sensor, Verilog HDL

  • Abstract

    A Follower Cart system is designed using Verilog Hardware Description Language (HDL) and implemented in an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC). A prototype that is capable of carrying 0 kg load is developed with the use of Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) as its controller for debugging and verification. The study then acquired a chip level layout of the control system with an area of 498.94 µm that has a power consumption of 0.4981 mW and cell leakage power of 19.49 µW. The output of this study allows mass production of a dedicated IC for a Load Carrying Follower Cart control system which is more efficient in terms of unit cost and power consumption

     

     

     

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    D. Gabi, R., Grace M. Sarmiento, A., Joy L. Gerasta, O., A. Hora, J., & Banuchandar, J. (2018). FPGA Verification and ASIC Implementation of a Load Carrying Follower Cart. International Journal of Engineering & Technology, 7(4.28), 582-585. https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i4.28.25391

    Received date: 2019-01-04

    Accepted date: 2019-01-04

    Published date: 2018-11-30