LiFi OpenVLC is an open-source, flexible and low-cost Visible Light Communication System platform. Research and development is coordinated by the Pervasive Wireless Systems group at IMDEA Networks Institute (Madrid, Spain), but anyone is very welcome to contribute.

OpenVLC can achieve a throughput of 400 kb/s at the Transport Layer at a distance of more than 4 meter, powered simply by the BeagleBone Black, which, for instance can allow us to transmit video.

Everything is opensource (hardware, firmware and driver).

Code and schematics are available at https://lnkd.in/dWN4hDRR.

What is Visible Light Communication? 

Visible Light Communication (VLC), sometimes also referred to as “LiFi", uses standard off-the-shelf visible light LEDs to transmit data using the visible light spectrum. VLC is receiving strong attention from the designers of the 5G #networks and beyond. VLC can enable new pervasive wireless systems in the context of the Internet of Things.