Mouser Electronics Now Stocking NXP i.MX RT106A MCU and Solution for Adding Cloud-Based Voice Control

September 11, 2019 - Mouser Electronics, Inc., the authorized global distributor with the newest semiconductors and electronic components, is now offering the i.MX RT106A crossover microcontroller from NXP^® Semiconductors. The i.MX RT106A is a solution-specific variant of the i.MX RT1060 family of crossover microcontrollers that enables system designers to easily and inexpensively add Amazon's Alexa Voice Service (AVS) to a wide variety of smart appliances, smart home, smart retail, and smart industry devices.

The NXP i.MX RT106A crossover microcontroller, available from Mouser Electronics, is based on NXP's advanced implementation of the Arm^® Cortex^®-M7 core that operates at 600 MHz. Combining the high performance of a processor with the real-time functionality and ease-of-use of a microcontroller, the highly integrated i.MX RT106A offers 1 Mbyte of on-chip RAM. The microcontroller touts a robust feature set that includes advanced multimedia capabilities, high-speed extensive external memory interfaces, and an assortment of both wired and wireless connectivity options. Additionally, the processor is licensed to run NXP's turnkey software solution for Alexa built-in.

Mouser also offers the development kit for NXP's microcontroller-based solution for Alexa built-in. Based on the i.MX RT106A microcontroller, the kit implements NXP's production-ready solution and enables device makers to build Alexa into products using a low-cost, low-power microcontroller unit. The turnkey design with ultra-small form factor comes completely integrated with Amazon-qualified software for an out-of-the-box AVS experience.

To learn more about the NXP MCU-based solution for AVS, visit www.mouser.com/nxp-sln-alexa-iot. For more information on the i.MX RT106A, go to www.mouser.com/nxp-imx-rt106a-crossover-processor.

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