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Pico’s: Why Our Dual Output ArcticLink III VX6 Matters

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Tim Saxe

Whether in our earnings calls, or here on HotSpots, we’ve talked a lot about pico projectors in the last few months.

Well…as much as we’ve only recently externally talked about them, they’ve been a hot topic internally here for quite some time.  So much so, in fact, that we dedicated 2 of the 13 devices in the ArcticLink III VX (ALIII) line specifically to pico-embedded systems, the VX6 family.  Those parts support a MIPI input from the processor and MIPI and RGB outputs to displays (pico projectors).

Why is this important?  Well…

Pico’s appear to a processor just like any other display, meaning they need their own display interface.  And, just like what we talked about when discussing interfaces, a pico’s interface can be different from what the processor supports.  Since Pico’s are essentially a second display in a system, the system designer needs to now find a way to not only bridge the interface, but also duplicate it.  The ALIII VX6 devices perform both those functions on a single device, along with providing the effective lumen benefits of VEE HD+, plus DPO HD+ benefits when applicable.

As the majority of Pico’s are RGB-interface based, and with Pico’s making their first appearance on (MIPI-heavy) smartphones, the MIPI -> MIPI/RGB interface made perfect sense.  In this architecture, the ALIII device can act as the switch between the interfaces.

Look for a lot more from us in the next few months on Pico Projectors and VEE.

Posted in QuickLogicTagged ArcticLink III VX, Auto Brightness, Background Color Compensator, CSSP, Custom Specific Standard Product, Display Power Optimizer, Effective Lumens, LVDS, MIPI, Paul Karazuba, Pico Projector, QuickLogic, RGB, smartphone, sunlight viewability, VEE, viewability, visual enhancement engine

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