Pattern encryption with cellular automata - A LabVIEW implementation on FPGA

Encryption of critical information is usually resource-intensive. The solution developed by the authors represents an efficient method for data encryption that uses cellular automata. The original contributions are mostly at the implementation level. A demonstrator based on FPGA boards was integrated with a new top-down LabVIEW approach that doesn't need particular hardware description skills. The first part of the paper solution proposes the use of programmable reversible cellular automata. The second part of the solution involves hybrid cellular automata. The specific advantages and disadvantages of the two solutions are presented in the paper, considering the reconfigurable hardware limitations.