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2019: Release of a developer kit based on Qualcomm QCA4020 with Amazon Alexa support

The company Qualcomm Technologies, affiliated enterprise Qualcomm Incorporated, announced on October 31, 2019 release of a developer kit with AWS IoT Core support. At the heart of a set — multimodal Qualcomm QCA4020 system which underwent certification for work with technologies of voice actuation of Amazon Voice Service (AVS).

The popularity of the systems of voice actuation of home devices at users constantly grows therefore the solution Qualcomm Technologies will allow to provide the most comfortable implementation of these technologies in client products. The developer kit will help OEM manufacturing to estimate, test and implement quicker functions of voice actuation and wireless communication in "smart" household appliances, automation systems and managements of lighting in "smart" houses. The solution will fill up Qualcomm Technologies product line for ensuring voice actuation, including sets for OEM manufacturing who help with integration of the assistant to Alexa into "smart" columns and earphones.

Using this developer kit producers of devices will be able quicker to create new products for the 'smart' house with support of voice actuation and the connected technologies. As a result consumers will receive the high level of control over devices in the 'smart' houses, and at quite affordable price. We are proud of an opportunity to cooperate with Amazon to become one of catalysts of growth of popularity of such solutions. Jeffery Torrance, vice president for business development, Qualcomm Technologies

The solution for voice actuation created by Qualcomm Technologies will help OEM manufacturing to simplify a development cycle and to accelerate an output to the market of client products. The Qualcomm Home Hub 100 platform is developed as much as possible to simplify process of integration of Alexa into different devices for the 'smart' house, including thermostats, switches, household appliances and many other things. Sanjay Voleti, head of department of Alexa Voice Service

The developer kit of Qualcomm Home Hub 100 with support of AVS allows producers to accelerate assessment of opportunities and creation of prototypes of new solutions with voice actuation of a plant louse of Internet of Things. Among main advantages of a set:

• The integrated hardware and software platform for ensuring multimodal network connection based on QCA4020 system, with support of dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Low Energy 5 and technologies on the basis of standard 802.15.4, including ZigBee and Thread;
• The solution based on the microcontroller (MCU) with support of the operating systems working in real time (RTOS);
• Reference platform for management of voice in combination with the integrated voice module DSP from Synaptics company with support of AudioSmart Smart Trigger technology on the basis of the processor of processing of voice commands CX20921;
• Complex of the hardware safety features integrated into one chip for increase in degree of protection of the device.

As a result the clients using a developer kit will have an opportunity to quickly bring to the market devices, economic for end users, for the "smart" house with Alexa support.

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