TI and Movea collaborate on Zigbee reference design

Motion sensing specialist Movea and Texas Instruments have announced a new high performance, remote control reference design. According to the company's, the RF4CE will allow consumers to experience a highly interactive and immersive style of home entertainment by enabling in air operating controls through motion recognition.

"The anticipated growth in the connected tv market comes with expectations for a more compelling, interactive entertainment experience," said Kobus Marneweck, RF4CE marketing manager at TI. "Movea's MotionIC platform has helped TI develop a next generation remote control reference design that will enhance the home entertainment experience," ZigBee RF4CE, a wireless communications standard for consumer electronics, enables fast, reliable, two way data communications between devices. Compared to infrared remotes, RF4CE offers greater flexibility for devices to operate from larger distances and eliminates line of sight barriers.