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Yea, we were a consumer electronics company that mostly was subcontracted out to make components or complete hardware. I remember working on products for Denon,

Yea, we were a consumer electronics company that mostly was subcontracted out to make components or complete hardware. I remember working on products for Denon, Crestron, Roku, Samsung, LG, Direct TV, Microsoft, HP, Nintendo, Sony and Audiovox (and their subsidiaries--Monster etc), and in Europe, One For All brand. It was honestly pretty exciting. Regarding web services, like I said, we had a library of these waveforms and that was our cash cow-- you got the chips for only a few cents over cost. You got the API that operated them for free, but access to out database cost a fair bit.

camtarn 5y ago
This is super interesting! Shame that you can't tell us more - I'm very curious what could link products from these companies.
Slartie 5y ago
Ah, so I'd guess you were producing some chip that generated IR signals to control various consumer electronics devices, and the library is a library of control commands of thousands of devices of different manufacturers. Basically what you need to build a universal remote control, or a remote control for a specific device that includes controlling capabilities for other manufacturers' devices.
- jaywalk 5y ago
  I think you hit the nail on the head with that.
  - Slartie 5y ago
    I'm pretty sure about that, especially since One For All is a brand dedicated to universal remotes. If I had to take another guess, I would even nail it down on him having been employed by a company called Universal Electronics, which produced a series of universal remotes called "JP1 remotes" in hardware hacker circles (see for example http://www.hifi-remote.com/files/help/The%20WHAT%20and%20WHY%20of%20JP1.htm http://www.hifi-remote.com/files/help/The%20WHAT%20and%20WHY...) and also acted as an OEM for a lot of other companies, so their tech could be found in various remotes of different brands. [edit] I was slightly wrong. He was working for Zilog (which sold their universal remote business to Universal Electronics Inc. in 2009 however) and probably involved with a cool-named product called "Crimzon RC Blaster": https://www.zilog.com/docs/ir/PB0171.pdf https://www.zilog.com/docs/ir/PB0171.pdf
    - oceanghost 5y ago
      Aye, you win. Zilog it was :-)

camtarn 5y ago

This is super interesting! Shame that you can't tell us more - I'm very curious what could link products from these companies.

Slartie 5y ago

Ah, so I'd guess you were producing some chip that generated IR signals to control various consumer electronics devices, and the library is a library of control commands of thousands of devices of different manufacturers. Basically what you need to build a universal remote control, or a remote control for a specific device that includes controlling capabilities for other manufacturers' devices.

jaywalk 5y ago
I think you hit the nail on the head with that.
- Slartie 5y ago
  I'm pretty sure about that, especially since One For All is a brand dedicated to universal remotes. If I had to take another guess, I would even nail it down on him having been employed by a company called Universal Electronics, which produced a series of universal remotes called "JP1 remotes" in hardware hacker circles (see for example http://www.hifi-remote.com/files/help/The%20WHAT%20and%20WHY%20of%20JP1.htm http://www.hifi-remote.com/files/help/The%20WHAT%20and%20WHY...) and also acted as an OEM for a lot of other companies, so their tech could be found in various remotes of different brands. [edit] I was slightly wrong. He was working for Zilog (which sold their universal remote business to Universal Electronics Inc. in 2009 however) and probably involved with a cool-named product called "Crimzon RC Blaster": https://www.zilog.com/docs/ir/PB0171.pdf https://www.zilog.com/docs/ir/PB0171.pdf
  - oceanghost 5y ago
    Aye, you win. Zilog it was :-)