All items tagged with connected devices (133)

Developers Get Easy Access to Amazon Voice Services with OKdo and Qualcomm

February 24, 2021 by Cristina Costa

Developers Get Easy Access to Amazon Voice Services with OKdo and Qualcomm

OKdo, the global technology company from Electrocomponents, announced it is now supplying the Qualcomm Home Hub 100 Development Kit for Amazon Voice Services (AVS), a ready to use environment for voice-controlled applications in connected devices. Based on Qualcomm’s highly integrated, multi-mode System-on-Chip (SoC), the QCA4020, the Home Hub 100 kit is provided with pre-integrated software support for AVS, to help kickstart the development of voice-controlled applications.

Wi-Fi Alliance Expands Home Wi-Fi with Certified Solutions

February 12, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Wi-Fi Alliance Expands Home Wi-Fi with Certified Solutions

The Wi-Fi Alliance announced that its Wi-Fi Easy Connect and Wi-Fi EasyMesh solutions will evolve to drive superior home network experiences. Wi-Fi Certified Easy Connect and Wi-Fi Certified EasyMesh now deliver more secure, smart, and efficient Wi-Fi home networks. New features available for Wi-Fi Easy Connect now enable zero touch, secure provisioning of devices onto home networks, while additions to Wi-Fi EasyMesh increase Wi-Fi network capacity, support more simultaneous services, and deliver end-to-end service prioritization.

Despite Pandemic, Global Consumer Electronics Revenues Rose 7% in 2020

February 4, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Despite Pandemic, Global Consumer Electronics Revenues Rose 7% in 2020

While most analysts and market intelligence firms predicted significant declines in the first months of the COVID-19 global pandemic, it seems that the global consumer electronics sector did very well, given the circumstances. According to Strategy Analytics latest report Global Consumer Electronics Market Forecasts 2014-2024, consumer electronics revenues rose 7% in 2020, reaching $358.5Bn. Home computers, tablets and games consoles led the way.

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.

Nordic Semiconductor nRF5340 for Bluetooth 5.2 and LE Audio Applications Now Available

December 4, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Nordic Semiconductor nRF5340 for Bluetooth 5.2 and LE Audio Applications Now Available

Nordic Semiconductor has announced that its nRF5340 high-end multiprotocol Bluetooth 5.2 System-on-Chip (SoC) has entered volume production. The world’s first dual Arm Cortex-M33 wireless SoC is now available and offers all the advanced features and security required for the next-generation of connected audio applications including LE Audio and advanced wearables. The new SoC is now widely commercially available through Nordic’s distribution network.

SEGGER embOS RTOS Transforms 64-bit SoCs Into Single Chip Computers

December 4, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

SEGGER embOS RTOS Transforms 64-bit SoCs Into Single Chip Computers

German company SEGGER Microcontroller continues to expand its state-of-the-art software libraries and hardware and software tools for embedded systems development and production. In an interesting development, SEGGER has announced that its embOS real-time operating system now supports 64-bit processor cores. And many developers would also be interested to know that the company's SystemView verification solution for embedded development is now available under Friendly Licensing.

Elliptic Labs Expands its Ultrasound Sensing Framework to More Devices and Mobile Platforms

November 19, 2020 by Joao Martins

Elliptic Labs Expands its Ultrasound Sensing Framework to More Devices and Mobile Platforms

Norwegian company Elliptic Labs has successfully introduced its ultrasound sensing technology to the market, leveraging early agreements with major chip suppliers to the IT and mobile industries. Following partnerships with Texas Instruments, Infineon, Knowles, Cirrus Logic and AAC Technologies, at the implementation level, Elliptic Labs this year expanded its support directly with chipset manufacturers ARM, Intel, Qualcomm and more recently MediaTek. And the company's efforts in ultrasound-based sensing are just in early stages.

STMicroelectronics and DSP Concepts Deliver All-In-One Amazon-Qualified Far-Field Voice Reference Design

November 18, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

STMicroelectronics and DSP Concepts Deliver All-In-One Amazon-Qualified Far-Field Voice Reference Design

STMicroelectronics has released an Amazon-qualified reference design package for smart connected devices leveraging Amazon AVS voice integration, which can be used to create Alexa Built-in products using simple microcontrollers (MCUs). The new reference design eases development of natural-language understanding and voice-based user interaction for smart-home devices and smart appliances, featuring an improved audio front end created with DSP Concepts for far-field audio detection.

Klippel Analyzer System Receives Software Updates for Testing DSP-Based Audio Devices

November 17, 2020 by Joao Martins

Klippel Analyzer System Receives Software Updates for Testing DSP-Based Audio Devices

Klippel has been keeping busy in the last months, continuously improving their measurement technology for loudspeakers and audio systems. With the dB-Lab 210.918 and QC 6.7 software updates, Klippel introduced new tools for testing DSP-enhanced speakers, headphones and connected audio systems, first with and hardware add-on for the SCN Scanning Vibrometer, and second with an extension for automatic testing at multiple excitation levels using the TRF module.

Imagimob Edge Makes TensorFlow AI Models Edge Device-Ready at the Click of a Button

October 19, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Imagimob Edge Makes TensorFlow AI Models Edge Device-Ready at the Click of a Button

Imagimob, a company based in Stockholm, Sweden, developing artificial intelligence products for edge devices, announced a new SaaS solution that accelerates time to market for edge devices by converting h5 formatted AI models into ultra-efficient C-code in a matter of seconds — a process that once took weeks to complete. The new Imagimob Edge solution requires no programming skills and targets processing and interpreting sensor data in real time using trained models, a critical application in wearables and all sorts of connected devices.

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