Altera Corporation, a provider of FPGAs (field-programmable gate arrays) CPLDs (complex programmable logic devices) and ASICs (application-specific integrated circuits), announced that it will be showcasing its broad portfolio of programmable solutions for the consumer electronics market at the upcoming 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.

 

Altera (News - Alert) offers fully integrated software development tools, versatile embedded processors, optimized intellectual property (IP) cores, reference designs examples, and a variety of development kits. The company said that its solutions offer designers with flexibility, higher integration, and fast time to market.

 

The company will be showcasing energy-efficient variable-speed motor control for home appliances based on Altera’s Cyclone III FPGAs and Alizem motor control IP.

 

Altera will also be demonstrating its energy-saving smart home-appliance technology that is built on Echelon's LonWorks Power Line transceiver board and Planetweb's SpectraWorks graphical user interface.

 

Echelon collaborated with Altera and enhanced its LonWorks communications protocol (ANSI/EIA709.1 and EN14908) that has been implemented in Cyclone FPGA. This FPGA-based solution, in conjunction with Echelon’s new high-speed network transceiver offers an easy hardware interface to LonWorks control networks.

 

Altera will also be showing high-definition (HD) LCD, 3D display technology from Dynamic Digital Depth. These are based on Altera's Arria&reg and GX FPGA that help in building easy-to-use and affordable 3D home entertainment.

Altera that will be showcasing ST video framework is based on Cyclone III FPGA, which is running over Microtronix's ViClaro III HD interface board. This board is used for highly integrated, next-generation HD 1080 pixel displays.

 

Synfora PICO Extreme tools will also be seen at the show. These run video processing algorithm on the company’s Cyclone III FPGA along with RTL conversion. They are used for displays, digital TVs and other broadcast applications.

Altera has also used its MAX&reg and IIZ CPLD in many multi-touch, power-efficient interfaces for portable devices that will be showcased at the event.

 

PWM (pulse width modulation) for lighting, sound and motion control can be done using a MAX IIZ CPLD on a SLS Mantra board for portable devices, which will be showcased at the event.

 

A mobile, full QWERTY keyboard scanner that leverages Altera’s MAX IIZ CPLD will also be on display at CES (News - Alert). Another mobile resistive multi-touch screen from Stantum for portable devices will also be showcased, which leverages Altera’s MAX IIZ CPLD.

In addition, a digital touch development board from Wintech will be presented at the show. This leverages Altera’s MAX IIZ CPLDs for portable devices.