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XMOS Delivers Amazon Alexa Voice Service Development Kit with Linear Mic Array for Far-Field Voice Capture
October 5, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

XMOS Delivers Amazon Alexa Voice Service Development Kit with Linear Mic Array for Far-Field Voice Capture

XMOS announced its VocalFusion 4-Mic Dev Kit for Amazon Alexa Voice Service (AVS). A far-field linear mic array solution available, the XMOS kit is ideal for developers who want to integrate Alexa into smart panels, kitchen appliances, and other commercial and industrial electronics. Being a leading supplier of voice and audio solutions to the consumer electronics market, XMOS can combine its unique silicon architecture and software at the interface between voice processing, biometrics and artificial intelligence.
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Zound Industries Selects Frontier Silicon for its New Marshall Branded Multi-Room Speakers
October 4, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Zound Industries Selects Frontier Silicon for its New Marshall Branded Multi-Room Speakers

Frontier Silicon, the London-based supplier of consumer audio technologies and development platforms, announced that its Minuet platform has been chosen by audio pioneer, Zound Industries International AB (“Zound Industries”), to add multi-room functionality, Chromecast built-in, Spotify Connect and Apple AirPlay to the latest three speakers in its range of Marshall branded wireless multi-room speakers, the Marshall Acton, Marshall Stanmore and Marshall Woburn models.
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Cypress Releases PSoC 6 BLE Pioneer Kit and Supporting PSoC Creator 4.2 IDE
October 2, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Cypress Releases PSoC 6 BLE Pioneer Kit and Supporting PSoC Creator 4.2 IDE

Cypress Semiconductor announced its PSoC 6 BLE Pioneer Kit and PSoC Creator Integrated Design Environment (IDE) software version 4.2 that enable designers to begin innovating with the PSoC 6 microcontroller (MCU) for all connected applications. PSoC BLE 6 is the industry’s lowest power, most flexible MCU with built-in Bluetooth Low Energy wireless connectivity and integrated hardware-based security in a single device.
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STMicroelectronics Introduces BlueNRG-MESH Bluetooth Mesh Networking Software Development Kit
September 27, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

STMicroelectronics Introduces BlueNRG-MESH Bluetooth Mesh Networking Software Development Kit

STMicroelectronics is empowering the next wave of control-by-phone innovation with new software for creating smart objects that connect using the latest Bluetooth wireless networking features. The company announced an all-in-one software package that enables creation of networked smart objects and accompanying mobile apps with support for the official Bluetooth SIG Mesh-networking specification, assuring end-product interoperability, enhancing ease of use, and market appeal
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Audio Precision Introduces Next-Generation APx Bluetooth Duo Module
September 27, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Audio Precision Introduces Next-Generation APx Bluetooth Duo Module

Audio Precision unveiled their next-generation Bluetooth I/O module for APx Series audio analyzers. The APx Bluetooth Duo module incorporates all the capabilities and features of AP’s original Bluetooth module, while delivering a wider selection of A2DP codecs, faster pair and connection times, an increased feature set within APx500 measurement software, and improved RF shielding for use in production test environments.
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BeagleBoard.org Introduces PocketBeagle $25 Development Board
September 22, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

BeagleBoard.org Introduces PocketBeagle $25 Development Board

The newest development board from BeagleBoard.org is the PocketBeagle, an ultra-tiny-yet-complete open-source USB-key-fob computer. The PocketBeagle will cost just $25 and features an extremely compact design and simple usage, making it an ideal development board for beginners and professionals alike. It's compact enough to be used in portable designs and, with USB and numerous digital interface peripherals, it is powerful enough to support experiments in audio.
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Dusun Electron Announces New Bluetooth Audio Module for Smart Speakers and Voice-Based Assistants
September 21, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Dusun Electron Announces New Bluetooth Audio Module for Smart Speakers and Voice-Based Assistants

Dusun Electron announced a new Bluetooth audio module based on Qualcomm aptX Low Latency audio technology, designed for wireless speakers and voice assistant product development. According to Dusun, with the new DSI-0095 module, audio data can be preserved with less than 40ms transmission latency, ideal for voice-based designs that can also be used on hands-free control to effectively interact with visual media devices, home appliances, or car equipment.
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Texas Instruments Introduces Unique SWIFT DC/DC Converter with Integrated Switching Frequency Compensation
September 20, 2017 by Cristina Costa

Texas Instruments Introduces Unique SWIFT DC/DC Converter with Integrated Switching Frequency Compensation

Texas Instruments (TI) introduced the industry's first 16-V input, 40-A synchronous DC/DC buck converter with an internally compensated advanced-current-mode (ACM) control topology supporting frequency synchronization. Designers can stack two converters side by side to drive loads up to 80 A for processors in space-constrained and power-dense applications in various markets, including wired and wireless communications, enterprise and cloud computing, and data storage systems.
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Telit Introduces Bluetooth 4.2 Host Controller Interface Module with Integrated Chip Antenna
September 14, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Telit Introduces Bluetooth 4.2 Host Controller Interface Module with Integrated Chip Antenna

Telit Communications announced the BL871E2-HI, a dual-mode Bluetooth 4.2 host controller interface module with embedded chip antenna and audio support. The ultra-compact component is optimized for efficiency and simplicity in end-device design, delivering reliable Bluetooth functionalities with robust endpoint security, leveraging the processing power and external Bluetooth stack of the host application processor.
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Fraunhofer IIS and Analog Devices showcase MPEG-H Audio and Fraunhofer upHear Immersive Soundbar Virtualizer at CEDIA 2017
September 8, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Fraunhofer IIS and Analog Devices showcase MPEG-H Audio and Fraunhofer upHear Immersive Soundbar Virtualizer at CEDIA 2017

Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS and Analog Devices, unveiled software technology at CEDIA 2017 designed to significantly improve the immersive sound reproduction capabilities of consumer playback devices. The new offering is a reference implementation of Fraunhofer upHear soundbar processing with MPEG-H decoding and rendering on an Analog Devices’ digital signal processor (DSP).
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