Secret weapon for joining the 150 million Amazon Alexa smart speaker ecosystem - ACK
According to MIC statistics, the shipment scale of the global smart speaker market in 2019 increased significantly by 52% compared to 2018, and reached 125 million units; it is close to the market scale of tablet computers. The top five brands based on the number of shipments include the U.S. and China brands Amazon, Google, Baidu, Alibaba and Xiaomi, with a total market share of over 80%; they had gradually developed towards the forever mighty, high market concentration pattern. Smart homes can be easily created through Amazon’s Echo smart speaker. Use voice commands to control compatible smart home devices such as smart light bulbs, smart door locks, smart switches and smart plugs.
Choosing Nuvoton’s Alexa Connect Kit (ACK) module allows you to easily integrate Alexa services into your products. The smart speaker Amazon Echo or the Amazon Alexa App on the mobile phone can be used with voice commands to control smart home devices.
Choosing Nuvoton’s Alexa Connect Kit (ACK) module allows elimination of 3 major development troubles
√ No need to write Alexa Skills
√ No need to manage Amazon cloud services
√ No need to develop complicated network and security firmware to connect your product to Alexa services.
NuStamp-ACK-M031LE is an easy platform to develop; it provides users with development functions and application construction. It can be widely applied to smart home appliances, IoT devices and remote control solutions.
Quick development guide
By using the ACK development kit above, ACK can receive Alexa voice control commands from the Alexa cloud and perform demo commands such as switching on or dimming lights, etc.
It can also be adapted to various Alexa smart devices (such as ovens, fans, lighting equipment, thermostats, coffee machine, etc.) to support various ACK smart home APIs.