TI offers wearables evaluation kit

1080p DLP fits head-mount displays.

Wearables is just one of the applications of TI's digital light processing 1080p pico-sized display measuring just 0.47in. The company has announced the volume production of the chip, plus a DLP LightCrafter Display 4710 evaluation module to help engineers get up and running quickly on applications ranging from digital signage, mobile projectors, screenless TVs, control panels and interactive displays to wearables, including Google Glass-like head-mount displays.

"We have engineers building applications that we never thought of," Frank Moizio, DLP business unit manager told EE Times. "We have a stove maker working to project the control panel instead of using switches. Another is displaying scenes from rooms onto the kitchen countertop to keep track of the children while cooking."

TI has also formed an ecosystem of third-party developers to provide what the company does not manufacture such as optical engines. The device offers the right amount of illumination onto the mirrored surface of the tilt-and-roll pixel arrays, which deflect the right amount of red, green and blue light to form a 1080p image from the Pico 0.47in TRP full-HD DLP.

"Together with our new LightCrafter Display 4710 evaluation module, including all the required chips, a light engine and optical lens, our ecosystem partners can supply everything you need to quickly evaluate the 0.47in TRP Full-HD DLP chipset and implement it in your design," Moizio told EETimes.

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