MARKETING WHITE PAPER
TI DLP® Pico™ Technology for Smartphone Companion Projectors: A Pocket-sized Big Screen Experience
This white paper explains how DLP® Pico technology
can help solve the problem of developing a pocket-sized projector with high enough
performance to appeal to smart phone and tablet users.
At a glance
 1 Smartphone companion projectors: a
big-screen experience, anywhere | Phone and tablet displays are relatively small, but a small accessory
projector can make a big screen for sharing content. |
| 2 Technological advancements impacting
smartphone companion projectors | The evolution of RGB LED illumination and DLP Pico technology has enabled
significant improvement in small projectors. |
| 3 DLP Pico technology for smartphone
companion projectors | Learn which DLP Pico chipsets are the best fit and how they are integrated
into a system. |
| 4 Smartphone companion projector design and
tradeoffs | Find the right balance between performance, cost, size, and features to
enable a successful product. |
| 5 Product development and supply
chain | From a new custom design to an existing third party solution, there are a
variety of ways to develop a new smartphone companion projector. |
Authors
Jesse Richuso
Product Marketing Engineer
DLP® Products
The combination of widespread high-speed mobile data access and the high adoption rate of smartphones and tablets gives consumers the ability to stream video content easily and quickly. However, the portability of these devices limits their display sizes to a typical range of 4 to 10 inches diagonally, which is not ideal for extended viewing sessions or sharing content with multiple viewers. A pocket-sized solution to this problem is a smartphone companion projector that can create a big picture experience just about anywhere.