Hi everyone,
We are really happy about the successful outcome of the webinar we jointly organised with Amazon Web Services this month. It was an online event which took place on Tuesday, 27 October 2020. The main objective of this webinar was to demonstrate how to build voice-interactive products with AVS Integration for AWS IoT Core, using Espressif’s ESP32-Vaquita-DSPG development kit.
As we all know, Alexa-based voice-interactive solutions have become a mainstream way for controlling IoT devices. With the advent of Alexa Voice Service (AVS) Integration for AWS IoT Core, low-power, low-cost microcontrollers have started playing a significant role in creating connected devices with Alexa built-in capabilities. So, in our webinar we showed participants how a solution based on Espressif’s ESP32-Vaquita-DSPG development kit, in conjunction with the rich set of Amazon Web Services, can be used to simplify building Alexa-based voice-interactive devices.
More specifically, we talked about AVS Integration for the AWS IoT Core protocol, the hardware and software system architecture that is based on ESP32-Vaquita-DSPG, the engineering efforts required to build voice-controlled devices, the ways in which users can accelerate development and manage deployment nowadays, and finally the manufacturing and certification issues that should always be taken into consideration.
Our webinar was addressed to Technical Decision Makers in Engineering, Solution Architects, Product Managers of voice-enabled products, Engineers of Embedded Hardware/Software, and Cloud Engineers. Indeed, the audience we attracted on the day was truly diverse, enthusiastic and keen on learning more about the technological solutions we presented. We were delighted to welcome all of them to an event that was both fun and useful, while we also look forward to continuing our collaboration with AWS on all fronts.
Other topics you can read about in this month’s newsletter include:
ESP HomeKit SDK Opened Up on GitHub#
ESP HomeKit SDK, which is Espressif’s own implementation of the Apple HomeKit, has become available on GitHub and supports ESP32, ESP32-S2 and ESP8266. So, developers can now create smarter and safer home devices with the ESP HomeKit SDK, taking advantage of Espressif’s full support for all the stages of development, certification and manufacturing.
New ESP RainMaker Features#
One of the most recent new features we have added to ESP RainMaker is the ESP RainMaker Scheduling. You can now schedule certain actions that will be triggered on your devices at any given time on any specified day or days of the week.
ESP32-S2-based FeatherS2 Released#
Unexpected Maker, who is also known as Seon Rozenblum, has officially released FeatherS2. This is a Feather-compatible development board that has been built around Espressif Systems’ latest ESP32-S2 microcontroller.
SwarmDrive: NickStick’s ESP32-Powered Dev Board for Experimentation and Learning#
NickStick’s SwarmDrive has an ESP32-powered board and strong educational documentation. As such, it helps professionals and students alike learn about different commutation algorithms and all the other aspects of electric (BLDC) motors.
Rosie: The Robot Maid Using ESP8266#
Rosie is created by DJ Harrigan, who was inspired by a character from the famous cartoon entitled “The Jetsons”. This open-source robot maid uses Arduino and ESP8266, is easy-to-build and is intended to be the first step towards DIY robots.
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Best wishes,John Lee.Senior Customer Support Officer