Intersil's pico-projector reference design allows engineers to quickly prototype novel applications such as keyboard's projected onto tabletop.
Intersil Corp. is offering specialized mixed-signal chip sets in a reference design using Micron Technologies Inc.'s liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) display for novel pico-projector applications.
Pico-projectors are being designed into myriad applications, from augmented reality to reveal muscles/veins under the skin for surgeons or the wiring/pipes inside walls for construction workers, to projecting virtual keyboards or control panels on to desktops for knowledge workers.
However, the application driving mass production—and consequent lower prices—will be social networking apps, according to Intersil, which aims to prompt consumer electronics makers to start building-in tiny 10-millimeter pico-projectors modules into their smartphones starting with an integrated mixed-signal chip set.
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