Infineon Launches Industry’s First Battery-Powered AI/ML-Based Acoustic Event Detection and Sensor Fusion Alarm System

Infineon Technologies introduced its battery-powered Smart Alarm System (SAS), a technology platform that achieves high accuracy and very low-power operation using sensor fusion based on artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML). This technology combined with low-power wake-on acoustic event detection allows compact designs that exceed the detection accuracy of acoustic-only alarm systems used today.

Bobwire Audio, a new company based out of San Francisco, CA, has introduced its first product, the DAT1 Digital Audio Trigger, which adds an industry-standard 12-volt DC trigger output to any audio component with a digital audio optical (SPDIF) output. This allows devices like the Sonos Connect, Amazon Echo Link, and many others that lack 12-volt triggers, to turn on and off connected power amplifiers and other equipment. The device also provides an analog audio output and high-quality DAC.