In this work, we describe the model of a new 5-D hyperchaotic system with three positive Lyapunov exponents. Since the maximum positive Lyapunov exponent of the proposed hyperchaotic system is larger than twelve, the new hyperchaotic system is highly hyperchaotic. We also show that the new 5-D hyperchaotic system exhibits multistability with coexisting attractors. Using Multisim, we design an electronic circuit for the new 5-D hyperchaotic system. The hardware implementation of the new 5-D hyperchaotic system is done by applying two numerical methods. From the experimental results of the FPGA-based implementation, we show that the attractors observed in a Lecroy oscilloscope are in good agreement with numerical simulations. To prove the reliability of the proposed system for cybersecurity purposes, we presented a new image cryptosystem using our hyperchaotic system. Experimental outcomes show the efficiency and the reliability of our cryptosystem based on the proposed hyperchaotic system.INDEX TERMS Hyperchaos, bifurcations, multi-stability, attractors, Lyapunov exponents, circuit design, FPGA, numerical methods, data security; image cryptosystem.

The employment of chaotic maps in a variety of applications such as cryptosecurity, image encryption schemes, communication schemes, and secure communication has been made possible thanks to their properties of high levels of complexity, ergodicity, and high sensitivity to the initial conditions, mainly. Of considerable interest is the implementation of these dynamical systems in electronic devices such as field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) with the intention of experimentally reproducing their dynamics, leading to exploiting their chaotic properties in real phenomena. In this work, the implementation of a one-dimensional chaotic map that has no fixed points is performed on an FPGA device with the objective of being able to reproduce its chaotic behavior as well as possible. The chaotic behavior of the introduced system is determined by estimating the Lyapunov exponents and its chaotic behavior is also analyzed using bifurcation diagrams. Simulations of the system are realized via Matlab, as well as in C and the very high-speed integrated circuit (VHSIC) hardware description language (VHDL). Experimental results on FPGA show that they are like those obtained in the simulations; therefore, this chaotic dynamical system could be used as an element in some encryption schemes such as in the generation of cryptographically secure pseudorandom numbers.

With the swift advancement of chaos theory, the modeling, chaotic oscillations, and engineering applications of chaotic and hyperchaotic systems are important topics in research. In this research paper, we elucidate our findings of a new four-dimensional two-scroll hyperchaotic system having only two quadratic nonlinearities and carry out a detailed bifurcation study of the proposed dynamical model. Also, an electronic circuit has been constructed for the new system using MultiSim (Version 14). The implementation of the new 4-D hyperchaotic system in a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) is performed herein by applying two numerical methods, viz. Forward Euler Method and Trapezoidal Method. The experimental results show a good match with the simulated hyperchaotic attractors. We also provide details of the hardware resources used for an FPGA Basys 3 Xilinx Artix-7 XC7A35T-ICPG236C.