Freescale opens Synkro to consumer companies
Freescale is to offer its Synkro rf entertainment control network technology as an open industry specification to leading consumer electronics manufacturers.
“Opening the Synkro protocol to the world's foremost consumer electronics makers underscores Freescale’s commitment to deliver industry standard platforms to the market,” said Henri Richard, Freescale’s senior vice president and chief sales and marketing officer. “We are committed to driving Synkro forward as a global standard to improve overall usability of home entertainment products for hundreds of millions of consumers around the world.”
Synkro is a networking protocol software stack written on top of the IEEE802.15.4 standard. It provides a software and hardware migration path for future product line extensions designed to revolutionise the way consumers control their home entertainment devices.
