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Platform status

PlatformBuild supportPush-to-talkHands Free

Wake-Word-Engine

(Supported)

Alert SoundsLEDGeneral SkillRDK Specific Skill
RaspberryPiCompleteT4H BLE RCUUSB MICKitt.AiAvailable

Traffic Light LED

IntegratedIntegrated

Video accelerator

(VIP5202w)

CompleteT4H BLE RCUN/ANot requiredAvailableOnboardIntegratedIntegrated

Feature List

FeatureHandlerHow to?
General skillsAlexaAudio will be played for generic skills such as time, news and weather
YoutubeAlexa → CobaltVoice command will be routed to thunder
App LaunchAlexa → UXVoice command will be routed to thunder
Google searchAlexa → UXInteractive command handled by Alexa and routed to thunder
Player controlsAlexa → AppPlay/pause/back commands routed to app

Build instructions

Alexa related recipes are hosted in bundled inside recipes-alexa and contains below build targets

wpe-alexa.bb
RecipeFunctionalityCurrent status
wpe-openblas
Main recipe for downloading the AVS SDK and compiling the same.
Recipe required in case of Wake-word-engine mode is selected.Locally hosted
wpe-alexa.bbMain recipe for downloading the AVS SDK and its compilation, linking it with RDK skill mapping module.Locally hosted


Code Block
1. copy recipes-alexa to meta-cmf-raspberrypi or to a similar OEM layer
2. Add above 2 recipes to the appropriate package-group
3. bitbake rdk-generic-wpe-thunder (or the image where alexa is packaged)

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Architecture & Flow diagram

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Advantages

  • Features:Configurable to support different device profiles (FFV, Push-to-talk).
  • New Most of the new skills can be dynamically added without modifying the client code.Skills:
  • Support default Alexa skills such as Weather information, news alerts and so on.
  • Ability to support voice enabled UI Navigation.
  • Ability to launch, suspend or resume applications such as YouTube.
  • Ability to control media player operations such as Play or Pause.

Scope of improvement

FeatureStatus
Multi room MusicOpen
Integration with other Alexa productsOpen
Smart Screen integrationOpen