IMPLEMENTATION OF VLC (VISIBLE LIGHT

COMMUNICATION) FOR HOSPITAL : FILTER

AND AMPLIFIER SYSTEM
Dika Novansyah Rizki Ardianto Priramadhi Denny Darlis
Electrical Engineering Electrical Engneering Telecommunication Engineering
Telkom University Telkom Univesity Telkom University
Bandung, Indonesia Bandung, Indonesia Bandung, Indonesia
dika.novansyah.65@gmail.com Rizki.ap@gmail.com denny.darlis@tass.telkomuniversity
.ac.id

Abstract— Technological developments have shown a information, and in this final assignment the author makes
significant increase, especially for the communication sector. filters and amplifiers to reduce external noise and strengthen
This is proven by the many communication media both data so that the data sent by the transmitter matches what is
wireless and wired. But the use of radio frequency as a data received by the receiver.
transmission medium can adversely affect the performance of
medical devices in hospitals, including being able to disrupt the
output produced from these medical devices. II. METHOD
Basically, every hospital must have a lighting system as
In this research, visible light is used as a medium in a shown in Figure. 1 Lighting products in this paper will be
communication system, where light has only been used as designed to utilize visible light from the hospital's lighting
lighting. Visible Light Communication (VLC) is a system, especially the baby room.
communication technology that utilizes visible light from a
lamp in a communication system. In this research Filter and
amplifier systems are used as filters and information signal
amplifiers sent by the transmitter to reduce external noise and
strengthen the information signal so that the data sent by the
transmitter matches what is received by the receiver.

This visible light communication system is expected to

create a hospital that is free electromagnetic radio. Things that
can affect the output of the communication system are
distance, the light of the transmitter light and the outside light.

Keywords— Keywords: Visible Light Communication, Filter,

Amplifier, and Electromagnetic Radio

I. INTRODUCTION Fig 1. Baby room

in the topic of this thesis, the author designed a filter and
A. Illustration modelling
amplifier system because in the indor space there is a lot of
noise caused by other lights and also sunlight so it is needed
to design a filter system and amplifier to pass the desired
frequency signal and hold the not desirable and to minimize
the influence of interference or other disturbing signals on a
desired frequency signal and strengthen the output voltage of
the sensor Photo Detector on the lamp product (Visble Light
communication). This device is designed using analog filters
made using electronic circuits consisting of components such
as resistors, capacitors and op-amps, and using visible light
communication as the core of this device, which becomes a
transmission medium and converts analog signals to digital.
The use of visible light as a communication medium is one
step forward to creating the concept of "Green Fig 2. Illustration of system
Communication". VLC is also a solution to the problem of
General description in Fig. 2 about system design that
radio use bans in hospitals, the bandwidth provided by
will be designed in this final assignment in the form of
visible light is ~ 400 THz which is not licensed and is secure designing a system for VLC (Visible Light Communication)
with an estimated 1000 times wider bandwidth than capacity.
lighting products that will be implemented in hospitals
Radio Frequency which has been used for communication
especially for baby rooms, in the design of this final
facilities [1]. assignment, two different rooms are used ,, the first room is
In the process the author designed a device that utilizes the baby room which is used as the transmitter area and the
visible light as a medium for communication between second room is the monitoring room as the receiver area. The
devices and develops concepts from Green Communication workings of VLC lamp products (Visible Light
and is implemented in hospitals. To make it easier to convey Communication) starts from collecting data in the baby's
room in the form of body temperature, room temperature, E. System modelling Infrared Trasmitter
humidity and sound transmitted through infrared, and VLC
(Visible Light Communication). In the baby room the data is
sent via infrared as an uplink of data, then it is forwarded via
VLC (Visible Light Communication) as downstream which
is stored in the monitoring room.

B. Sistem modelling

Fig.3. Diagram of system

In the IR transmitter the data is sent using an IR LED and
is received by the Photodetector (IR receiver) then the data is
transmitted back through the VLC system and received by
the photodectecktor (VLC Receiver) installed in the
monitoring room to display the data via the user's PC. The
received light is then converted by the receiver into a voltage
signal again. The VLC receiver uses a photodiode or
phototransistor type photodetector. Light that has been
converted into a current by a photodetector is then amplified Fig.6. Diagram of Transceiver Infrared
using a transimpedance amplifier (TIA) to convert current
into voltage. In the IR transmitter the data is sent using an IR
LED and is received by the Photodetector (IR receiver) then
C. Amplifier design the data is transmitted back through the VLC system and
received by the photodectecktor (VLC Receiver) installed in
the monitoring room to display the data via the user's PC.
F. Photodetector IR
Fig.4 Diagram of system amplifier
this system using photodiode as photodetector on the
receiver side because photodiode have a fast response time, a
spectral sensitivity in the visible spectrum and a large radiant
sensitive area [8]. Receiver in this system is equipped with
signal conditioner such as Transimpedance-Amplifier and
Amplifier as shown in Fig. 4. Photodiode will receive light
intensity from LED and then will be converted into electrical
signal. Transimpedance Amplifier (TIA) will convert
electrical signal from photodiode output into electrical
Fig.7. Sensor TSOP 1738
voltage. Amplifier is used to amplify output signal from
Transimpedance Amplifier in order to reduce interference Photodetector IR that is used is a TSOP 1738
which coming from another visible light. sensor that receives a frequency that is transmitted by an
infrared led that has been given an information data
D. Filter design
Supplay output Current
voltage voltage output
(-0.3) – 6 (-0.3) -6 5mA
Fig.5. filter design Table 1. specification of TSOP 1738
on fig.5. The filter used is an optical lens that is useful for
making the photodetector more focused on the light emitted. The Photodetector IR used in the final project is the
TSOP 1738 sensor capable of reaching the maximum
distance of sending 5.4 meters of data.
G. Photodetector VLC (visible light commuication)

Fig.8. Sensor TSL 252

Photodetector used is TSL 252. This TSL sensor

converts the optical signal into a voltage signal, TSL 252
sensor is a combination of photodiode and transimpedance
amplifier. Fig.10. signal input on osilskop with amplifier
Tegangan suplay Arus keluar In figure 10 the results of the syntax obtained from
2.7v-6v ±10 mA the receiver after being given reinforcement
Table 2. Specification of Sensor TSL 252
C. Equations
The Photodetector VLC is used in the final project,
the TSL sensor is capable of reaching the maximum
distance of sending 2.4 meters of data.

III. RESULT AND DISCUSSION

Based on experiments that have been done, The results
are described in this section.

A. Amplifier that produce

in the amplfier experiment the author uses non-inverting
amplification and uses the LM358, where the pin from the
output of the TSL 250 enters the inverting op-amp and op-
amp output into the RX on the Arduino nano, the author uses
two reinforcement.

B. Signal input on osiloskop Fig.11. design amplifier

In figure 11. the reinforcement circuit uses a non-
inverting gain and uses the LM358, where the pin of the
output of the TSL 250 enters the inverting op-amp and the
output of the op-amp into the RX on the Arduino nano, the
author uses the following two calculations:

when R2 = 10k and R3=10k

then: ,

()

Fig.9. signal input on osiloskop without amplifier by following these calculations we can determine the
desired amplifier.
In figure 9, the signal form obtained from the VLC
receiver is not given a gain of 2 meters.

Fig 12. result of amplifier
D. Result of filter optic
In this finl project the author uses an optical lens to focus
the light entering the photodetector, and compare the results
using and without using an optical lens.
Range without lens Range with lens
45 cm 245 cm
Table 4. result of filter optic
in table 4 it can be concluded that the use of optical
lenses is very influential with very large influence on the
reception of light that has been given information to be
accepted by the user
IV. CONCLUSION
Based on the results of experiments that have been
obtained, filters and amplifiers for VLC lamp products
(visible light communication) are useful in reducing noise
and amplifying the power generated by the photodetector,
and optimizing the information transmitted to the receiver..
V. FUTURE WORK
It can be interesting if the system if the IR receiver
is designed the filter so that the frequency that is not cold
does not enter. Because the location of the IR receiver is
directly connected to the VLC transmitter, the diming
produced by VLC lamp products is still visible
We thank the telecommunication engineering
faculty of the University of Telkom for supporting this
research. We also thank the mentors who have provided
advice and guidance in this research work.
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