All items tagged with appliances (28)

Voice Control for Low Power Microcontrollers

November 3, 2022 by Ido Gus

Voice Control for Low Power Microcontrollers

Ido Gus, Deep Learning Senior Team Leader at CEVA’s Sensor and Audio Business Unit, writes about voice control deployment on low power and resource constrained microcontroller-units (MCUs). The article discusses what to consider for the development of products using voice as a primary human interface, and how speech recognition models using AI technology can support a wide variety of use cases and languages, without compromising on power requirements.

Renesas and Cyberon Partner to Deliver Integrated Voice User Interface Solutions Supporting Over 40 Global Languages

June 30, 2022 by Joao Martins

Renesas and Cyberon Partner to Deliver Integrated Voice User Interface Solutions Supporting Over 40 Global Languages

Renesas Electronics, the advanced semiconductor solutions supplier, and Cyberon, a leading embedded speech solution provider, have partnered to deliver voice user interface (VUI) solutions using Renesas’ entire RA MCU line. Renesas RA customers will now have complimentary access to Cyberon’s industry-leading continuous command-based VUI toolchain, enabling them to add voice-recognition to a variety of endpoint applications, including home appliances and wearables.

Telit Launches WE310G4 Dual-Band Wi-Fi Module with BLE 5.0

January 28, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Telit Launches WE310G4 Dual-Band Wi-Fi Module with BLE 5.0

Wireless connectivity specialists Telit announced the launch of their new WE310G4 module, which enables manufacturers to add dual-band Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) 5.0 connectivity quickly and cost-effectively to their products. Based on Realtek's Ameba system on chip (SoC), the WE310G4 is ideal for a wide variety of embedded designs, including smart home devices and appliances, wearables, fitness trackers, smart city sensors, aftermarket telematics and industrial automation sensors.

NXP Advances Matter Smart Home Connectivity with Industry’s First Secure Tri-Radio Device

January 13, 2022 by Joao Martins

NXP Advances Matter Smart Home Connectivity with Industry’s First Secure Tri-Radio Device

NXP Semiconductors announced the IW612, the industry’s first secure tri-radio device to support the Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2 and 802.15.4 (Zigbee, Thread, Z-Wave, Matter) protocols. Part of NXP’s new family of tri-radio products, the new device enables seamless, secure connectivity for smart home, automotive and industrial use cases. The single SoC enables simultaneous transmit and receive for higher performance in smart solutions, and supports Matter, the new interoperable, secure connectivity standard for the smart home.

STMicroelectronics Upgrades NanoEdge AI Studio to Streamline Machine-Learning Software Development for Connected Devices

December 1, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

STMicroelectronics Upgrades NanoEdge AI Studio to Streamline Machine-Learning Software Development for Connected Devices

Global semiconductor powerhouse STMicroelectronics announced the availability of Version 3 of NanoEdge AI Studio, the first major upgrade of this software tool for machine-learning applications that ST acquired with Cartesiam earlier this year. The updates introduce new algorithms, better support for sensor data acquisition and management using an ST development board, and an enhanced user interface to make machine-learning implementation easier for embedded developers with no data-science skills.

New Piezo Sounder Driver for Bluetooth Location Trackers and Haptic Feedback Devices from Diodes

August 10, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

New Piezo Sounder Driver for Bluetooth Location Trackers and Haptic Feedback Devices from Diodes

Diodes introduced a new 22VPP/31VPP selectable output piezoelectric sounder driver, for maximizing sound pressure level (SPL) delivery from a ceramic/piezo sounder. The PAM8907 has a built-in synchronous boost converter, which extends SPL in battery-powered systems and outperforms other similar sounder drivers. The device is optimized for use in wireless trackers, alarm systems, domestic appliances, or ultrasonic related piezo driver applications and haptic feedback.

Knowles Releases New Voice Control Development Kit for Smart Home Appliances

May 27, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Knowles Releases New Voice Control Development Kit for Smart Home Appliances

Knowles Corporation announced the AISonic White Goods Standard Solution, a new, complete development solution that enables fast and easy voice integration for smart appliances. The development kit enables OEM and ODMs to build voice-activated control and far-field speech recognition capabilities into smart appliances, including refrigerators, ovens and microwaves, clothes washing and drying machines, vacuums, dishwashers, and more.

Libre Wireless Forms Strategic Alliance with Knowles Corporation on MAVID Voice AI Platform

March 17, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Libre Wireless Forms Strategic Alliance with Knowles Corporation on MAVID Voice AI Platform

Leading embedded wireless voice/AI solutions provider Libre Wireless Technologies announced a strategic alliance with Knowles Corporation to jointly promote and market new solutions based on the MAVID (Multiprotocol-Audio-Voice-IoT-Devices) platform. These miniature-sized and low power mic-to-cloud edge voice/AI computing solutions now feature Knowles' micro-acoustic microphones and speaker technology, optimized for smart product development.

Picovoice Announces Voice Interfaces on the Edge With German Language Support and Plans to Go Multilingual

February 11, 2021 by Joao Martins

Picovoice Announces Voice Interfaces on the Edge With German Language Support and Plans to Go Multilingual

Picovoice, a young company developing voice AI on the edge with on-device speech recognition and natural language understanding software, announced a new SDK for German language. The company allows developers to create and fully test voice experiences directly on its recently launched Picovoice Console platform, before exporting models that can run on-device with minimal latency. Picovoice also announced plans to release SDKs for French, Spanish, and Japanese.

Renesas Combines Cyberon Algorithm in New Voice Recognition and Smart Control Reference Design

December 30, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Renesas Combines Cyberon Algorithm in New Voice Recognition and Smart Control Reference Design

Renesas has announced a new reference design and combined solution for the development of voice recognition applications. The company offers an offline voice recognition algorithm that performs real time control, the Cyberon CSpotter, in a reference design that incorporates a low cost, ultra-low power RA6M1 MCU, a ISL32743E isolated high-speed RS-485 transceiver, an ISL80505 high-performance 0.5A LDO and a PS2561F-1 optically coupled UL approved isolator.

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