Soundskrit, which first announced the release of its unique technology in August of 2022, is now expanding its portfolio of directional microphone solutions with the SKR0410. As the first directional microphone on the market with a PDM output, it becomes easier than ever to interface with existing audio chipsets and drive the next generation of laptops, tablets, conferencing devices, AR/VR, headsets, earbuds, smart home devices, and vehicles.
As OEMs find themselves using an increasing number of audio chipsets requiring digital inputs, it is important they have premier microphone solutions that easily interface with their products. The PDM output of the SKR0410 allows OEMs to directly connect directional microphones into their existing systems, without the need for external audio codecs. Soundskrit believes high-quality, directional audio can now be a reality for any consumer electronics devices.
"Soundskrit’s directional microphones raise the standard for voice communication, but it does not end there. The SKR0410 was designed to not just bring ease to the hardware, but also to the experiences they enable," the company states. As Soundskrit anticipates, such a solution will meet the growing requirement for conferencing solutions that accurately relay their voice while ignoring disruptive background noise and echo, vehicles that enable hands-free calling, or any other applications in earbuds, over-the-counter hearing aids, and many more product categories and use cases that can benefit from directional pickup in noisy environments.
"We see more and more that OEMs are requesting digital microphones since they interface more easily with existing chipsets," says Sahil Gupta, Product Lead and co-founder of Soundskrit. "The SKR0410 was developed to respond to this request while also bringing meaningful user experiences to the end consumer. This PDM microphone is just the first step into a variety of products and development tools we have planned to help our customers easily access the power of our technology."
Rather than using large arrays of nondirectional microphones to try and get directionality, Soundskrit is building directionality into the microphone hardware itself, improving voice isolation while simultaneously reducing the number of microphones, power, and computation needed. "Directional audio capture brings the quality of the future. The SKR0410 will provide clear and precise audio for any device – no matter what specifications, Soundskrit has the solution," Sahil Gupta adds.
Soundskrit is welcoming OEMs and product developers interested in learning more about the potential of this technology, or discuss the implementation details.
Read this additional article about "Bringing Directionality to Consumer Products".
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