Chad Cox

November 7, 2024

Alif Semiconductor released its DK-B1 development kit for the Balletto B1. The company is billing its wireless Balletto as the world’s first Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) wireless microcontroller to feature hardware optimization for AI/ML workloads. Ideal applications include natural language speech recognition, AI noise cancellation, key word spotting, audio beam forming in true wireless stereo (TWS) earbuds, and sensor fusion ML models in wearable devices.

Embedded Computing Design Staff

October 7, 2024

A growing presence of smart applications like security systems, home automation, smart lighting, smart lockers, and most IoT applications can detect human presence in various environments. As these devices increase in demand, so will their ability to perform the function above with minimal power consumption while also maintaining user privacy.