Arrow Electronics, Synaptics and NXP Team to Accelerate the Development of Amazon Alexa-Enabled Smart Home Products
October 12 2017 - 11:29AM
Business Wire
Development Kit Adds Intelligent Voice
Control to Connected Devices, Facilitates Rapid Prototyping and
Provides Fast Path to Market
Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: ARW), Synaptics Incorporated and
NXP Semiconductors launched a variant of the Synaptics® AudioSmart®
2-Mic Development Kit for Amazon AVS that is supported by a
commercially available NXP system-on-chip (SoC) application
processor.
This newly available development kit variant enables device
makers to quickly and cost-effectively integrate the Amazon Alexa
Voice Service (AVS) into a fully functioning prototype, and then
take that work into design for manufacturing and production.
The Synaptics AudioSmart 2-Mic Dev Kit for Amazon AVS includes
Synaptics’ CX20921 Voice Input Processor with a dual microphone
board and a wake-word engine tuned to "Alexa." It is built on the
pico-imx7d board, a purpose-built small-footprint hardware platform
which features NXP’s i.MX7D dual-core applications processor
optimized for the internet of things (IoT). The kit also includes:
stereo microphones with an integrated processor, a microphone
holder board, a micro USB cable, Type-A to Type-B cable, cable
assembly and a +5V power supply.
The development kit features a reference client built using the
AVS Device SDK (software development kit), enabling commercial
device makers to get to market faster with Alexa-enabled
products.
The Synaptics AudioSmart 2-Mic Dev Kit for Amazon AVS with NXP
SoC is available exclusively from arrow.com for $375. To learn
more, or to purchase the kit:
www.arrow.com/en/products/synapticsnxp2micavs/arrow-development-tools.
Executive Quotes:
“This new Synaptics development kit with an NXP SoC for the
Amazon Alexa Voice Service can add intelligent voice control to
connected products with a microphone and speaker, enabling
developers and engineers to rapidly create Alexa-enabled proof of
concepts and prototypes,” said Murdoch Fitzgerald, vice
president of semiconductor marketing at Arrow. “Arrow is
excited to team with Synaptics and NXP to bring this new kit to the
developer community and help accelerate the innovation of new smart
home products.”
“Voice as a human interface is rapidly expanding in smart homes
and the broader IoT landscape due to the broad global expansion of
voice services like Amazon Alexa,” said Saleel Awsare, vice
president and general manager, Audio and Imaging Business,
Synaptics. “When voice services are combined with Synaptics’
AudioSmart far-field voice DSPs, new voice-enabled human interface
devices can accelerate into numerous IoT applications whether
consumer, enterprise, or commercial.”
“Industry leaders are developing and investing to meet the
growing demand of the voice-controlled future smart home,” said
Martyn Humphries, vice president and general manager, Media IoT
and i.MX Applications Processors at NXP. “Collaborating with
leaders like Amazon and the companies it works with is essential in
delivering the key tools and support needed to meet the demands of
this prospering market. The new evaluation kit moves beyond the
scope of a processing board with unique integrated features
designed for the AVS developer community. This enables more
flexibility in designs while shortening development time to market
so customers can move from prototype to production as quick as
possible.”
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 125,000 original equipment
manufacturers, contract manufacturers and commercial customers
through a global network of more than 465 locations serving over 90
countries. Learn more at www.fiveyearsout.com.
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