ZL38063

Microphone Array ASR-assist Audio Processor

The ZL38063 is part of Microsemi's Timberwolf audio processor family of Microsemi AcuEdge™ Technology
products that improves Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) performance
at extended distances with barge-in capability and is optimized for
ZLS38063 Firmware
detecting voice commands. The ZL38063 can run different Firmware
images that target specific modes of operation.
The Microsemi AcuEdge™ Technology ZL38063 device is specifically Firmware images can be swapped during
designed for televisions, set-top boxes, and smart speakers, but works normal operation to switch modes dynamically.
equally well in other connected home applications. The device is capable Microsemi provides firmware images for two
of both voice control and 2-way full duplex audio with voice enhancements basic operational modes:
such as Acoustic Echo Cancellation (AEC), Noise Reduction (NR) to
improve both the intelligibility and subjective quality of voice in harsh Two way voice communication
acoustic environments.
• Supports 2-3 microphone linear arrays for 180°
Microsemi offers additional tools to speed up the product development audio pick up
cycle. The MiTuner™ ZLS38508 or ZLS38508LITE GUI software packages • Supports 3 microphone off-axis or triangular
allow a user to interactively configure the ZL38063 device. The optional arrays for 360° audio pick up
ZLE38470BADA Automatic Tuning Kit provides automatic tuning and easy • Supports device cascading to allow up to a 6
control for manual fine tuning adjustments. microphones array
• Full Narrowband and Wideband Acoustic Echo
Applications Cancellation (AEC) operation
• Integrated smart home gateways • Supports long tail AEC (up to 256 ms)
• Connected home devices: • Non-Linear AEC provides higher tolerance
• Set Top Boxes for speaker distortions
• Smart Speakers • Non-Linear processor
• Digital Assistants • Noise reduction
• Far-field microphone processing
Block Diagram
ASR Assist Algorithms
• Supports 2 microphone linear arrays for 180°
audio pick up
• Supports 3 microphone off-axis or triangular
arrays for 360° audio pick up
• Supports device cascading to allow up to 6
microphones in a circular array for 360° audio
pick up
• Support for Barge-in, or incoming trigger
'spotting' in the presence of DAC audio output
Ordering Information • Noise reduction
• ZL38063LDF1: 64-pin QFN (9×9) package (Tape and Reel) • Enhanced far-field support for distances up to
16 feet from the microphone.
• ZL38063LDG1: 64-pin QFN (9×9) package (Tray)
• ZL38063UGB2: 56-ball WLCSP (3.1×3.1) package (Tape and Reel)
These packages meet RoHS 2 Directive 2011/65/EU of the European
Council to minimize the environmental impact of electrical equipment.
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Microphone Array ASR-assist Audio Processor

Hardware Features
• DSP with Voice Hardware Accelerators
• SPI or I2C Slave port for host processor interface
• General purpose UART port for debug
• Master SPI port for serial Flash interface
• Boots from SPI or Flash
• Flash firmware can be updated from SPI Slave
• 14 General Purpose Input/Output (GPIO) pins (11 with the
56 pin WLCSP)
• 2 low power modes controlled by reset

The MiTuner™ Automatic Tuning Kit and Tools

ZLS38508 MiTuner GUI • ZLK38000 Evaluation Kit
Microsemi's Automatic Tuning Kit option includes: • MiTuner™ ZLS38508 and ZLS38508LITE GUI
• Audio Interface Box hardware • MiTuner™ ZLE38470BADA Automatic Tuning Kit
• Microphone and Speaker
• ZLS38508 MiTuner GUI software
• Allows tuning of Microsemi's AcuEdge Technology Audio
Processor
The ZLS38508 software features:
• Auto Tuning and Subjective Tuning support
• Provides visual representations of the audio paths with drop-
down menus to program parameters, allowing:
• Control of the audio routing configuration
• Programming of key blocks in the transmit (Tx) and
receive (Rx) audio paths
• Setting analog and digital gains
• Configuration parameters allow users to “fine tune” the overall
performance

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