PoP is Shipping…

For those US-based folks who ordered a PoP video (featuring VEE) you should likely be receiving it any day now, as the PoP’s are now shipping.  According to the fine folks over there, shipping to Europe will commence shortly, followed by Asia. More to come from us in the coming days, including some connectivity-related items! […]

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Effective Lumens, and How the PoP Video with VEE Outperforms the Competition

So, the title pretty much says it all.   We’ve loaded a new video blog to our YouTube channel, and embedded it here for your viewing pleasure. The crux of the video: Lumens, as a measure of the light source brightness of a pico projector, is scientific Lumens, as a measure of the viewability (thus, image […]

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A Few Links…

Thanks to our friends over at picopros.com for the brief, but very kind article on our technology. http://www.picopros.com/article/pico-projectors-bolster-future-growth-quicklogic-according-bloomberg We appreciate their support of QuickLogic, and definitely agree with their assessment of how VEE and BCC can add to the user experience with pico projectors. Also, a gentle reminder of other links where you can find […]

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On MHL and HDMI: How Do VEE and DPO Fit?

QuickLogic’s new ArcticLink III VX devices, revealed last December, features LVDS, MIPI, and RGB interfaces.  Combined with our legacy ArcticLink II VX products with MDDI and RGB, we think we’ve got the interface needs of tablet and smartphone OEMs locked up for the foreseeable future. When we say this, people do ask us: why not […]

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Smartphone ‘Injustices’

www.gadgetbox.msnbc.msn.com/technology/technolog/7-worst-smartphone-injustices-how-fight-them-523772 Read this article yesterday, and was pleasantly surprised to see battery life as the top ‘injustice’ of smartphones. Now, ‘injustice’ is a very strong word, but I do agree with the authors assertion that battery life is horrible on smartphones However, are removable batteries the way to fight that?  Let’s get real—how many of […]

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I am the Myth-Debunker

I’ve spent the better part of the last 12 years in the imaging and display world.  In that whole time, one thing that is constantly misunderstood and debated is how exactly to measure quality of cameras and displays, and further how to cut through marketing-speak. Myth 1: “HD-quality” “HD-Quality” is a marketing tool, plain and […]

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Ask the CEO Q1 2012, Asked and Answered

Hello, and thanks for all the questions to our regular ‘Ask the CEO’ blog.  Now, onto the answers… Q: Is MHL in QuickLogic’s product plans, as it appears to be the only standard not supported by QuickLogic today?  (shortened for brevity) A: MHL is an impressive technology as it allows HDMI audio and video over […]

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On BCC…

Sorry for being late with this blog, especially for those interested and keeping track… We announced BCC, or Background Color Compensator, last week.  This technology enables OEMs of pico projectors to design in an automatic compensation for other-than-white backgrounds. So the obvious question is: “Is this important?”  We believe so, and here’s why: Standard projectors […]

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How VEE Affects the Effective Lumens on Pico Projectors

Many people have asked us how exactly VEE works on Pico Projectors.  A little more information is contained in the video below, also available on our YouTube channel. The shortened version: Brightness does not necessarily equal viewability Increased projector lumens means more power consumption, and in most cases a larger, more costly subsystem VEE uses […]

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