CES News: New 3d eyewear technology built on ZigBee platform
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Freescale Semiconductor has collaborated with RealD, a global licensor of 3d technologies, on a new home 3d viewing experience. According to Freescale, the active 3d eyewear platform provides realistic high definition 3d tv viewing while solving certain technical and cost problems associated with infrared (ir) based systems.
Announced at CES 2011, the eyewear uses Freescale's RF4CE platform for over the air 3d synchronisation combined with advanced lens switching, filtering and optical technology from RealD. Freescale's MC1323x System on a Chip (SoC) powers this platform and features an 8bit HCS08 microcontroller, an IEEE 802.15.4 transceiver, flash memory, RAM and enables users to directly support and use legacy ir functions and devices in addition to rf control and monitoring.
"We are proud to be working with the 3d leaders at RealD," said Glen Burchers, director of consumer segment marketing for Freescale. "Consumers are clearly excited about enjoying the spectacular 3d experience in their own homes. This is made all the better with the reliable high speed, two way communications provided by Freescale's MC13233C SoC."
Traditionally, many consumer 3d solutions rely on older ir technology, which may have line of site and field of vision limitations and can suffer interference from household incandescent and florescent lighting. According to Freescale, rf solutions are more reliable and its ZigBee RF4CE technology is designed to improve speed, reliability and signal integrity. This, says the company, enables devices to operate from longer distances and removes line of sight and field of vision barriers.
"By working with Freescale to create an rf 3d synchronisation solution, we are able to offer consumers a cinema quality 3d experience anywhere in their homes," said Steve Shannon, executive vice president of Consumer Electronics at RealD. "Freescale's RF4CE technology has been demonstrated to be very robust and reliable and overcomes the challenges of today's IR solutions."
Freescale's MC1323x SoC device family provides a highly integrated solution with premier processing capabilities and minimal power consumption. The MC1323x family features an 8-bit HCS08 microcontroller, a fully compliant IEEE 802.15.4 transceiver, flash memory, RAM and high-performance peripherals specifically selected and optimized for today's consumer electronic devices. The family allows customers to directly support and use legacy IR functions and devices in addition to RF control and monitoring.
