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Brendon Slade

NXP MCU Ecosystem Team

Mike Vartanian

Director of Strategic Partnerships, DSP Concepts

Bringing Low Power, High

Performance Audio and Voice to

Market on the i.MX RT600

Crossover MCU

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i.MX RT600 MCU opens up new

possibilities in voice enabled audio

devices

How can I exploit this without a

ground-up software development

approach?

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Functional Integration

Pe

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rma

nce

Software compatibility

Ease-of-use

Arm® Based

NXP SCALABLE EDGE PROCESSING CONTINUUM

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1MB

512KB

256KB

600MHz Cortex-M7, 32K/32K L18/16-bit EMI (SDRAM/SRAM)LCD / CSI / 2D accelerationStandard Security

i.MX RT1050

LQFP144 LQFP100

BGA196

40nm

ArmCM7

ArmCM33

VFBGA176

300 MHz Cortex-M33 with TrustZoneAdvanced Audio IntegrationAdvanced Security, SRAM PUF, root of trust4.5MB SRAM for IoT Stacks and Algorithms

2MB

3 – 5MB

Inte

grat

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SR

AM

NXP 32-BIT ARM BASED MCUS

i.MX RT SERIES MCU ROADMAP | HIGH PERFORMANCE

Execution

Production

Proposal

Product

Samples

Planning

i.MX RT600General-

purpose

MCUs

Perf

orm

an

ce

600MHz Cortex-M7, 32K/32K L11MB SRAM, 8/16-bit EMI (SDRAM/SRAM)LCD / CSI / 2D accelerationStandard Security

i.MX RT1060 i.MX RT1064

i.MX RT1020

500MHz Cortex-M7, 16K/16K L1256KB SRAM, 16-bit EMI (SDRAM/SRAM)Standard Security

LQFP100 LQFP80

BGA196

600MHz Cortex-M7, 32K/32K L11MB SRAM, 4MB Flash8/16-bit EMI (SDRAM/SRAM)LCD / CSI / 2D accelerationStandard Security

500MHz Cortex-M7, 16K/16K L1128KB SRAM, QSPIStandard Security

500MHz Cortex-M7, 16K/16K L1128KB SRAM, QSPIStandard Security

1GHz Cortex-M7, 32K/32K L18/16-bit EMI (SDRAM/SRAM)2D graphics acceleration, MIPI DSI/CSIAutomotive, TSN, Security

i.MX RT1170

BGA289

i.MX RT1015

.+ 600MHz DSP

i .MX RT SERIES | PORTFOLIO

2020

i.MX RT1010

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DSP CONCEPTS: INTRODUCTION & WHAT WE DO?

Engineering Services

• System Architecture

• System profiling & check (RTASC)

• Mic-array Design

• Loudspeaker tuning

• Audio Weaver Custom Modules

• Custom Audio Solutions

Audio Weaver Platform

• AWE Designer• Graphical Audio Development Tools

• AWE Core• Embedded Processing Engine

• Real Time Audio System Check• RTASC - System validation suite

Audio Weaver Solutions

• TalkTo - Voice Front End

• Mono/Stereo & Multichannel

• Nearfield / Low Power

• Voice Communication

• Audio Playback IP

• Smart Volume

• Perceptual Bass Enhancement

• Dialogue Enhancement

• Founded in 2003 as consultancy, transitioned to a product company in 2014

• We empower industry with a standardized audio processing platform & IP

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Audio Weaver DesignerConfiguration tools for AWE Core

• Integrate & Create advanced audio features

• Real-time Interface for design and debug

• Open APIs for external tools and scripting

Audio Weaver Core

All-in-one Audio Processing Engine

• Runtime-reconfigurable Audio-Pipeline

• 400+ Audio Building-blocks

• Runs on MIMXRT685-EVK Board

• Optimized for Cadence HiFi 4 DSP

AUDIO WEAVER: DESIGN, TUNE, AND DEPLOY

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TalkTo Features

• Exceptional far field performance

• Mono, Stereo, or multichannel AEC

• Adaptive Interference Canceller™

• 2, 4, or 6 mic geometries

• Custom mic-arrays supported

• Optional loudspeaker processing

• Optimized for i.MX RT685

Voice-Enabled Product

Wake Word

Engine

Speech to Intent(local or cloud)

AE

C R

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ren

ce

Room

Sound

Extracted Speech

Detected Command

Response

Source Speaker

Management

Targeted Applications

• IoT & Smart Home

• Appliances

• Smart Speakers

• TVs & Set-top boxes

• Multichannel Soundbars

TALKTO VOICE ON RT600

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NXP RT685

Source

AUDIO WEAVER DEMONSTRATION – QUICKLY DEPLOY YOUR AUDIO SOLUTION

Loudspeaker

Test Setup

• PC Laptop running Audio Weaver Designer

• Audio Weaver Core on both Arm® Cortex®

M33 and Cadence® Tensilica® HiFi 4 DSP

• PC sends configurations to cores

• PC reads profile information from cores

• MCU routes audio / DSP Processes in this

example

Read/Write Data

Arm® Cortex®

M33

Powered by Audio Weaver Core

Cadence®

Tensilica®

HiFi 4 DSP

Powered by Audio Weaver Core

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1. Free 30-day License for Audio Weaver Designer:

https://dspconcepts.com/awe-designer

2. MIMXRT685-EVK Development Board ($129 USD)

available from NXP and its distributors

i.MX RT600 Device family:

https://www.nxp.com/imxrt600

Follow-up Questions Mike Vartanian

mike.vartanian@dspconcepts.com

NEXT STEPS: EVALUATE TALKTO & AUDIO WEAVER

3. Contact DSP Concepts for Audio Weaver

Core and/or TalkTo Development Licenses

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