Product category:
Microprocessors, Microcontrollers and DSPs
News Release from: Zilog
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 27 January 2006
Hauppauge has remote interest in
microcontrollers
Zilog has entered into a strategic partnership with Hauppauge Computer Works, a leading developer and manufacturer of digital video, TV and data broadcast receiver products for personal computers.
Zilog has entered into a strategic partnership with Hauppauge Computer Works, a leading developer and manufacturer of digital video, TV and data broadcast receiver products for personal computers The partnership will see Zilog's award-winning Z8 Encore! F08 Flash microcontroller family used to power the advanced remote control functions of Hauppauge's WinTV-PVR-150 board
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 7 Dec 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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WinTV-PVR is a simple-to-install TV tuner card for personal computers which provides consumers with a personal video recorder to watch, pause and record cable and satellite TV shows via their computer.
It offers a cost- effective means for consumers to add television and entertainment functionality to their existing computer without the need to purchase a new multimedia entertainment PC.
In addition to supplying Hauppauge with its Z8 Encore! microcontrollers, Zilog has also provided access to its industry-leading database of universal infra-red (UIR) device codesets.
This extensive code coverage allows consumers to control external devices such as a set top box, DVD player, home cinema system and son on using a single UIR remote control.
The set top box, for example, can easily be synchronised with WinTV-PVR on the PC, which now acts as a hard disk recorder.
Zilog also provided its turnkey design and development services in order to make the product operate and function according to Hauppauge's strict specifications.
"The partnership with Hauppauge not only presented a great opportunity for us but also a real challenge", commented Jim Thorburn, CEO and Chairman, Zilog.
"Our team developed an entirely new IR engine for the Z8 Encore".
"Flash platform for Hauppauge, thus extending our IR offering into a secondary market other than standard UIR remote controls".
"We worked closely with Hauppauge to develop the WinTV-PVR series, and our superior customer service in terms of listening to customer requirements and change requests and implementing and delivering to them on time played a significant role in bringing this exciting product to market".
"When we needed to add IR blasting to our TV tuner boards, we turned to Zilog for their extensive list of supported set top boxes", said Ken Plotkin, CEO of Hauppauge.
"Our WinTV-PVR products are sold worldwide, so we needed the best and most comprehensive list of set top boxes we could find".
"Zilog provided this for us".
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