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Climate Change and Display Companies

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Last month Best Buy issued a press release titled “Best Buy Accelerates Efforts to Combat Climate Change.” This got me to thinking about the display business and climate change. My colleague, Norbert Hildebrand, has …

Highlights from the 2017 SMPTE Conference

by Chris Chinnock

As has been the case for several years, the SMPTE conference was held above the Dolby Theater in Hollywood California. There was a record turnout this year and because of the growth of the …

TI Sees Good Returns

by Yvette Raikes

Texas Instruments Inc. recorded Q3 net profit of $1.3 billion, up 26% from $1.0 billion, on turnover which rose 12% to $4.1 billion from $3.7 billion. For the first three quarters there were profits …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TI (Texas Instruments)| Vol 24 - Issue 40

TI Adds Tiny Ambient Sensor

by Bob Raikes

TI has developed a new ultra-thin ambient light sensor that is claimed to reflect the sensitivity of human vision and is said to reject 99% of infrared. The sensor can measure from 0.01 Lux …

TI DLP UHD Reference Design Available

by Bob Raikes

Texas Instruments has released the DLP660TE chipset reference design for its UltraHD DLP. The DLP chip is a 0.66″ unit and the reference design can support brightness up to 5,000 Ansi Lumens. TI sees …

Tags:DLP| Large Display Monitor| TI (Texas Instruments)| Vol 24 - Issue 34

TI Makes Pico DLP Accessible

by Bob Raikes

TI has made available the DLP LightCrafter Display 2000 evaluation module (EVM) that includes a 0.2″ DLP chipset and costs just $99. The EVM’s dual connector is set up to support any flexible GPIO-driven …

Lincoln Continental Adds HUD with TI Chip

by Norbert Hildebrand

Lincoln (the luxury car division of the Ford Motor Company for those outside of the USA) has announced that it has put a HUD system based on a TI DLP chip in the upcoming …

TI Releases New 0.33-inch 1080p Pico Chipset

by Chris Chinnock

If you thought pico projectors and related products were a small backwater in the projection industry, think again. PMA Research projects sales to reach close to 3.5 million units this year, which is not …

TI Brings FullHD to 0.33″ DLP

by Bob Raikes

TI has released its latest DLP chip, a 0.33″ FullHD device that is intended for mobile smart TVs, pico projectors and smart home displays. TI highlighted the possibility of making high brightness displays and …

Tags:DLP| Mobile Display Monitor| TI (Texas Instruments)| Vol 24 - Issue 03

TI Shows Range of DLP Products at CES 2017

by Chris Chinnock

TI had a suite in Central Hall at CES 2017 where they showed off mostly customer-based products using DLP chip sets, plus other components. We focused on their HUDs, AR/VR headsets and projectors. HUDs …

TI Processors Use Arm + PowerVR

by Bob Raikes

Texas Instruments has introduced the AM437x ‘Sitara’ processor series which can be used for a range of applications including digital signage and automation. The processors are based on Arm Cortex-A9 cores with a PowerVR …

Tags:Chips| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductors| TI (Texas Instruments)| Vol 23 - Issue 47

TI’s Minidock Design Carries USB and Power

by Tom Allen

Texas Instruments has introduced a USB-C and Power Delivery minidock (51 x 102mm) reference design, which can support USB data, power, video and audio signals. The reference design can take power from a USB-C …