TI Home > RF/IF and ZigBee® Solutions > Change Infrared to RF with RemoTI™
High Peformance Analog - Your Way

RF/IF and ZigBee® Solutions

Cross Reference

Application Notes

Training

Tools & Software

Block Diagrams

ZigBee®

Analog eLAB ™

Change Infrared to RF with RemoTI™
Most existing remote controls use infrared technology to communicate commands to controlled devices. However, radio frequency (RF) remote controls enable non-line-of-sight operation and provide more advanced features based on bi-directional RF communication.

ZigBee® RF4CE
ZigBee RF4CE (Radio Frequency for Consumer Electronics) is the result of a recent agreement between the ZigBee Alliance and the RF4CE Consortium and has been designed to be deployed in a wide range of remotely-controlled audio/visual consumer electronics products, such as TVs and set-top boxes. ZigBee RF4CE promises you:
   •  Richer communication and increased reliability
   •  Enhanced features and flexibility
   •  Interoperability
   •  No line-of-sight barrier

RemoTI™ is Texas Instruments solution for ZigBee® RF4CE
RemoTI is a complete solution offering hardware and software support for TI’s low-power RF product portfolio. With the RemoTI solution we provide:
   •  The industry leading RF4CE-compliant stack featuring the interoperable CERC profile support, a simple API, easy to understand sample application code, full development kits and reference designs, and much more
   •  Operation on our best-in-class IEEE 802.15.4 compliant System-on-Chip, the CC2530, with better RF co-existence and RF performance than any competitor in the market and four flexible power modes including the lowest current consumption power down mode for long battery life low duty-cycle applications
   •  Extensive worldwide support and tools to ensure that development of ZigBee RF4CE-based products is simple, fast and can be completed at minimal cost

RemoTI is Texas Instruments solution for RF4CE
The ZigBee Alliance has established the new ZigBee RF4CE standard for remote control communication by:
   •  Developing the new standard on the existing IEEE 802.15.4 PHY and MAC protocol
   •  Defining a thin, flexible networking layer to support specific networking functionality, such as simple pairing
   •  Building in ‘frequency agility’ to ensure reliability and robustness
   •  Enabling worldwide operation
   •  Implementing a power-save mechanism for low-power RC products

Hardware and software solutions' roadmap for remote control applications
RemoTI is Texas Instruments solution for RF4CE

For more information about RF4CE and RemoTI, please contact rf4ce@ti.com


Downloads

Low-Power RF flyer
  
Low-Power RF guide