The Infrared Data Association (IrDA) maintains an interoperable, low cost, low power, half-duplex serial data interconnection standard that supports a walk-up, point-to-point user model that is adaptable to a wide range of appliances and devices. Infrared (IR) technologies are best suited for short distance, low-to-medium data throughput and wireless communication channels.
This reference design is implemented in VHDL. The Lattice iCEcube2™ Place and Route tool integrated with the Synplify Pro synthesis tool is used for implementation of the design. The design uses an iCE40™ ultra low density FPGA and can be targeted to other iCE40 family members.