Microsemi Corporation announced its AcuEdge Development Kit for Amazon Alexa Voice Service (AVS). The Microsemi AcuEdge Development Kit for Amazon AVS delivers enhanced audio processing to improve voice recognition rates in adverse audio environments for emerging human to machine (H2M) applications in the internet of things (IoT), industrial internet of things (IIoT) and automated assistance markets. The kit is designed to […]
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Mesh networking platform works with smart home devices
Qualcomm Incorporated, through its subsidiary, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., announced the Qualcomm Mesh Networking Platform, a unique combination of technologies upon which original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and broadband carriers can deliver next-generation connected home experiences. Devices based on the Qualcomm Mesh Networking Platform will be designed to deliver robust and consistent connectivity to smart home devices […]
Quad-core, 64-bit ARM chipset includes voice processing for voice-assistant apps
MediaTek Inc. today introduced its newest full-featured chipset designed to enable Voice Assistant Devices (VADs) and smart speakers, including the Google Assistant. MediaTek also announced support for MT8516 based Android Things pre-certified system on modules (SOMs) at Google I/O. By supporting the Google Assistant and Android Things, MediaTek is able to deliver an exceptional smart home user experience […]
Passive component design kit targets IoT apps
AVX Corporation has released a new IoT design kit. Comprised of a broad sampling of passive components ideally suited for use in the three primary IoT device networks — input voltage filtering and decoupling networks, timing device networks, and output impedance RF matching networks — the new Passive Components for the Internet of Things Design Kit […]
Ultra-low-energy authentication and data protection for constrained IoT devices
SecureRF and Andes Technology today announced they have partnered to offer fast, quantum-resistant security for constrained IoT devices. This collaboration enables companies to use AndesCore™ secure processor in combination with SecureRF’s asymmetric (public-key) cryptosystems. Andes’ secure memory protection and tamper-resistance protection provides shield against attacks. SecureRF’s authentication and data protection solutions provide strong protection for IoT […]
Low-power MCUs integrate noise cancellation, advanced audio processing
STMicroelectronics has begun volume production of ultra-low-power STM32L45x microcontrollers (MCUs), supported by a development ecosystem based on the easy-to-use and affordable STM32Cube platform. The STM32L451, STM32L452, and STM32L462 lines integrate a Digital Filter for Sigma-Delta Modulators (DFSDM), enabling advanced audio capabilities such as noise cancellation or sound localization on an inexpensive microcontroller. Up to 512 […]
Vigilante Cyber-Justice in the Wild, Wild IoT
by Alan Grau, president and co-founder of Icon Labs. Stories of vigilante justice during the “wild, wild west” period in US history are legendary. According to legend, outlaws roamed cattle towns and remote settlements overwhelming law enforcement and thriving wherever law enforcement was lax. Whenever things got too bad, citizens would sometimes band together and […]
Riding a secure IoT wave
What’s been called the Third Wave of Computing — IoT — probably feels more like a tidal wave to the multitude of hardware, software, cloud, and other IoT-related manufacturers and service providers. That is, in part, because riding that wave is a lack of interoperability, ecosystem immaturity, data privacy, time-to-market, multiple technology choices, and the […]
Teardown: The electronics of Hello Barbie
Parents leery of privacy invasion have little to fear from Barbie, whose language skills mainly reside in the cloud. There’s been a lot of discussion in the media about privacy and home appliances that listen to conversations. The Hello Barbie doll is a voice-enabled toy that has been part of the controversy. It uses Wi-Fi […]
IoT Certificate management for OPTIGA Trusted Platform Modules
Icon Labs announced its IoT Certificate management solution supports Infineon Technologies’ OPTIGA™ Trusted Platform Module (TPM). The partnership enables device manufacturers to manage PKI certificates throughout the product lifecycle using the OPTIGA™ TPM, including support for certificate injection during device manufacturing. Instead of having to manually install a certificate into each device, the device comes […]
