Zilog announced details of its turnkey solution for universal infrared remote (UIR) applications development. The solution, dubbed ‘Remote on a Chip,’ comprises a number of mix and match elements designed to make the development UIR remote controls significantly easier for design engineers working with end user device manufacturers and OEMs.

The solutions are powered by the Crimzon MCU family, which is built on the Z8 architecture and includes both OTP and ROM versions. These devices are optimized for UIR applications and offer the broadest portfolio of memory sizes for UIR MCUs (1k to 128K ROM and OTP versions). With 237 bytes of general-purpose RAM, a 2.0-3.6V voltage range, high and low battery voltage detection, and up to 32 KB of OTP memory, ZiLOG’s Crimzon line of MCUs offers fast execution, efficient use of memory, sophisticated interrupts, input/output bit manipulation capabilities, automated pulse generation/reception and internal key-scan pull-up transistors.

Infrared codeset database

Zilog a comprehensive database of UIR device codesets, currently in excess of 150,000 unique key codes covering approximately 1,300 brands and 12,000 models worldwide. The database covers the most popular OEM remote control devices in Europe, North and South America, including, but not limited to, TVs, VCRs, DVDs, cable and satellite set-top boxes, HDTV set-top boxes, TV combos, DVD Combos, receivers, home-theatre-in-a-box systems, CD players, digital video recorders and audio shelf systems. 

Development tools

Available are silicon development tools, for example, an in-circuit emulator with trace and event trigger that helps the engineer develop and debug code used with the Crimzon MCUs, and remote control development tools such as the Crimzon RC Bullet and RC Express which enable the development of remote control applications.