All items tagged with standards (89)

The Standards We Need: Do Audio Technologies Matter in the Smart Home?

February 10, 2022 by Joao Martins

The Standards We Need: Do Audio Technologies Matter in the Smart Home?

Matter is an industry-unifying standard for the Smart Home that promises reliable, secure connectivity — a seal of approval that devices will work seamlessly together. But... Do audio technologies matter in the Smart Home? The audio industry needs to get involved in this convergence and interoperability effort. After all, we can already tell a speaker to play a song - thanks to voice recognition technology, AI, and wireless networks - but we still don’t have a transparent wireless audio standard to stream audio to speakers or headphones because basically audio remains restricted by specifications that were not written with audio in mind.

The Standards We Need. A Review of the Book "Introducing Bluetooth LE Audio" by Nick Hunn

January 20, 2022 by Joao Martins

The Standards We Need. A Review of the Book "Introducing Bluetooth LE Audio" by Nick Hunn

This article is a review of the recently distributed book, Introducing Bluetooth LE Audio, by Nick Hunn, Chair of the Bluetooth SIG Hearing Aid Working Group, Vice Chair of the Generic Audio Working Group and a key contributor to the Bluetooth LE Audio specifications. This is an important book for everyone who wants to understand Bluetooth LE Audio. But has the industry momentum for Bluetooth LE Audio been lost? Two years after the original Bluetooth LE Audio announcement in 2020, all we have is a Book.

MPEG-H Audio Selected as the Sole Mandatory Audio System for Next-Generation TV 3.0 Broadcast Service in Brazil

January 18, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

MPEG-H Audio Selected as the Sole Mandatory Audio System for Next-Generation TV 3.0 Broadcast Service in Brazil

The Brazilian SBTVD Forum (Brazil's digital TV technical coordination entity) recently finalized the technical evaluation phase of its TV 3.0 Project for the definition of the next-generation television system in Brazil. It comprised a detailed technical evaluation of all proposed technologies. As a result, the MPEG-H Audio system was selected as the sole mandatory audio codec for the future Brazilian broadcast system. Fraunhofer IIS supported the SBTVD Forum in the testing and evaluation process.

Audinate Acquires Video IP Codecs and Business Unit from Silex Insight

December 14, 2021 by Joao Martins

Audinate Acquires Video IP Codecs and Business Unit from Silex Insight

Silex Insight, a supplier of video IP codec and custom OEM solutions for AV applications, announced that it has signed an agreement to divest its video business to Audinate Group Limited, based in Australia. The Silex Insight video business produces video networking products for manufacturers of AV equipment, and its team was a leading force in the promotion of the Internet Protocol Media Experience (IPMX) open standards efforts promoted by the Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS).

SPARK Microsystems Advances UWB Adoption with Industry Standards Organizations

September 15, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

SPARK Microsystems Advances UWB Adoption with Industry Standards Organizations

SPARK Microsystems, a leading company in UWB technology for consumer and connected devices, joined the UWB Alliance and the FiRa Consortium to help accelerate adoption of ultra-wideband (UWB) technology. SPARK's low power, low latency UWB technology enables real-time wireless sensor data and faster wireless peripherals. SPARK is also the company that believes in UWB for high-quality audio applications, since the technology enables 10X more data throughput than Bluetooth.

Anatomically Correct Artificial Ear by HEAD acoustics Achieves ITU-T Standardization

June 17, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Anatomically Correct Artificial Ear by HEAD acoustics Achieves ITU-T Standardization

HEAD acoustics succeeded in the standardization of the newly developed artificial ear with human-like ear canal (HEC). The new artificial ear is now standardized as Type 4.4 artificial ear in Recommendation ITU-T P.57. The HEAD acoustics HEC artificial ear not just fulfills the Type 4.4 artificial ear requirements, it is also the first ITU-T standardized artificial ear meeting the low-noise requirements for artificial ears as defined in the new chapter 7 of Recommendation P.57.

May 24, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

The OCA Alliance Previews Enhancements to AES70 Standard

AES70 is an open control and monitoring standard for professional audio and AV media network devices. From a single device and controller, to networks with almost any number of devices and multiple controllers, AES70 provides for powerful, high speed, low cost, robust system control and monitoring of devices from different manufacturers. The standard was now updated with a raft of enhancements and new features that improve accessibility and usability.

AES Standards Webinar Series Discusses Audio Standards and Interoperability in a Connected World

March 23, 2021 by Audio Engineering_Society

AES Standards Webinar Series Discusses Audio Standards and Interoperability in a Connected World

The Audio Engineering Society has announced a series of webinars hosted by the AES Standards Committee that will illuminate the inner workings of the often complex, yet necessary, set of rules by which engineers and equipment manufacturers abide and the increasingly important role of the AES and its work to establish audio standards and practices that ensure interoperability worldwide. The initiative from the AES Standards Committee shines a light on Audio Standards development, while seeking input and experience from the global audio community.

Wi-Fi Alliance Expands Home Wi-Fi with Certified Solutions

February 12, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Wi-Fi Alliance Expands Home Wi-Fi with Certified Solutions

The Wi-Fi Alliance announced that its Wi-Fi Easy Connect and Wi-Fi EasyMesh solutions will evolve to drive superior home network experiences. Wi-Fi Certified Easy Connect and Wi-Fi Certified EasyMesh now deliver more secure, smart, and efficient Wi-Fi home networks. New features available for Wi-Fi Easy Connect now enable zero touch, secure provisioning of devices onto home networks, while additions to Wi-Fi EasyMesh increase Wi-Fi network capacity, support more simultaneous services, and deliver end-to-end service prioritization.

Practical Test & Measurement: Loudspeaker Measurements at Home - A Guide for Building Your Own Test Chamber

September 9, 2020 by Geoff Hill

Practical Test & Measurement: Loudspeaker Measurements at Home - A Guide for Building Your Own Test Chamber

Our friend Geoff Hill, the inventor of the original tetrahedral test chamber (TTC), explores how to do loudspeaker measurements at home. For those of us without an anechoic chamber at home, Hill explains how to build our own test chamber. With the build description, he also provides a valuable guide on alternative loudspeaker measurement techniques. This article was originally published in audioXpress, September 2020.

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