Arrow Electronics Collaborates with Conexant Systems to Accelerate the Development of Amazon Alexa-Enabled Smart Home Products
December 14 2016 - 09:35AM
Business Wire
Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: ARW) has entered into a preferred
global agreement with Conexant Systems, Inc., a leading provider of
audio and voice technology solutions that enable a more natural
user experience. Arrow is not only distributing, but also sourcing
components and providing technical design support for Conexant’s
AudioSmart™ 2-Mic Development Kit for Amazon Alexa Voice Service
(AVS).
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Conexant’s AudioSmart™ 2-Mic Development
Kit for Amazon Alexa Voice Service (AVS). Arrow is distributing,
sourcing components and providing technical design support for the
development kit. (Photo: Business Wire)
“Conexant looks forward to working with Arrow to reach the
growing community of makers, developers and manufacturers who are
driving exciting innovations in voice-enabled, smart technology,”
said Kurt Hoff, senior vice president of worldwide sales at
Conexant. “Arrow is uniquely positioned to support the demand and
fulfillment needs for our Amazon AVS-approved AudioSmart dev kit
globally.”
Conexant recently announced a collaboration with Amazon on an
AVS-approved AudioSmart™ 2-Mic Development Kit. Featuring the
Conexant AudioSmart CX20921 high-performance hands-free Voice Input
Processor and “Alexa” wake word technology, the Conexant
AudioSmart™ 2-Mic Development Kit will help developers and
manufacturers quickly and easily build Alexa-enabled products that
provide users with an ideal voice experience.
“The engineers, makers and innovators that Arrow serves will be
able to create Alexa-enabled proof of concepts and prototypes in a
matter of mere weeks with Conexant’s AudioSmart™ 2-Mic Dev Kit,
which will dramatically accelerate their time to market,” said
Murdoch Fitzgerald, vice president of semiconductor marketing at
Arrow. “Arrow looks forward to collaborating with Conexant to make
a variety of consumer electronic devices and industrial
applications smarter and voice-enabled.”
The Conexant AVS-approved AudioSmart 2-Mic Development Kit is
designed to be easily integrated into any third-party AVS system
prototype based on the Raspberry Pi. Its dual-microphone voice
processing capability recognizes the “Alexa” wake word and delivers
speech requests from anywhere in a room—even in noisy, real-world
conditions. It also enables voice barge-in capabilities, allowing
users to interrupt their Alexa device when it is playing music or
other types of sound.
To learn more about the Conexant AVS-approved AudioSmart 2-Mic
Development Kit available through Arrow, please visit
https://www.arrow.com/en/products/ds20921-evk/conexant-systems.
About Arrow Electronics
Arrow Electronics is a global provider of products, services and
solutions to industrial and commercial users of electronic
components and enterprise computing solutions. Arrow serves as a
supply channel partner for more than 100,000 original equipment
manufacturers, contract manufacturers and commercial customers
through a global network of more than 460 locations serving over 85
countries. Learn more at www.fiveyearsout.com.
About Conexant Systems
Conexant Systems, Inc. is the CE industry’s go-to source for
hardware and software solutions that offer unrivaled performance
for audio and voice applications. The company combines its
significant IP portfolio in DSP, analog and mixed signal technology
with embedded software to enrich and expand audio and voice
capabilities of products across nearly every vertical of the CE
space. Founded in 1999, Conexant is a privately-held fabless
semiconductor and audio technology engineering company
headquartered in Irvine, California with offices and design centers
worldwide.
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