Elytone and Audinate are now exploring access to device parametric data in Dante Director to address customer needs that are currently unmet. By integrating parametric telemetry and controls into Dante Director, users gain new flexibility for real time monitoring systems of products and the ability to remotely manipulate hard-to-access devices.
The joint effort, demonstrated at Infocomm 2024, marks the beginning of Elytone's expanding telemetry and controls for its amplifiers in Peak Amplification and Networked Audio Video products. Elytone is also developing a new hardware add-on module dedicated to monitoring the electrical and physical performance of amplifier modules. This will expand what can be monitored, providing AV managers with more insight into the real time behavior of the amplifiers, and the ability to remotely control key parameters to optimize performance. Companies creating products with Elytone’s amplifiers will have the ability to offer remote monitoring and control to their customers.
"Audinate approached us with this concept for monitoring and controlling amplifiers via Dante, which aligned with our plans for expanding NAP1 capabilities with our amplifier products," says Albert Yong, Vice President of Audio/OEM at Elytone. "We have enabled basic parameters to start this development and confirm the framework. The collaboration has been very smooth and the team quickly had this first version interacting with our amplifier via Dante Director."
The Elytone NAP1 system on module (SoM) is a complete Linux system running on Analog Devices' ADSP-SC59x system-on-chip with ARM A5 Cortex core (1GHz), single or dual high-performance SHARC audio DSPs (800, 1000 MHz) with high on-board DDR3 memory (8 Gbit), SPI FlashQuad (SPI2) memory (1 Gbit), Gigabit Ethernet, and audio I/O connectivity for peripherals. The SoM also includes audio specific components such as sample rate converters and FIR filter accelerators. The SHARC DSPs provide a rich ecosystem of advanced audio processing algorithms enabled by Analog Devices' SigmaStudio graphical programming environment. NAP1 system is a module smaller than a business card and runs up to 8x8 channels of Dante audio at 48kHz and provides all the flexibility required for end product design.
"This module dramatically simplifies and shortens the traditional process of integrating processing, memory, DSP, and audio components, as well as time spent setting up the software stack for audio applications and DSP," adds Albert Yong. "With this entire system already integrated and configured, developers can focus on what makes their products differentiated: unique applications and sound."
A leading supplier of high-quality, custom audio solutions and magnetic components, at Infocomm 2024 Elytone has assembled a single audio network to demonstrate multiple applications of its Networked Audio Video and Peak Amplification products, expanding on the demonstrations showcased at ISE 2024 earlier in the year. The Elytone system demonstrated Dolby Atmos Decoding to Dante, Dante to A2B bridging, and audio return via A2B back into a Dante network. The Dante network was also feeding a two channel Peak Amplification demo.
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