Trio of InnoPhase IoT Collaborations Focus on 4K Wi-Fi Cameras and More

Innophase IoT is teaming up with Ingenic Semiconductor, GreenWaves Technologies, TDK InvenSense to bring engineers low-power, edge AI devices.

In the past few months, InnoPhase IoT announced three different collaborations to push the boundaries of low-power wireless technologies for IoT applications. As engineers grapple with the challenges of integrating AI, high data rates, and edge connectivity into compact, power-efficient designs, they need novel semiconductor options to drive the next generation of connected devices. InnoPhase hopes its new partnerships will yield such solutions.

A Complete Wi-Fi Camera Solution 

One of InnoPhase’s most notable collaborations was with Ingenic Semiconductor, which produced an AI-powered Wi-Fi camera platform for battery-operated devices.

The solution integrates InnoPhase IoT’s Talaria TWO module with Ingenic’s T41 video processor to achieve impressive energy efficiency and computational power. The Talaria TWO platform supports IEEE 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, operating on the 2.4-GHz frequency band. It includes an onboard Arm Cortex-M3 processor running at 80 MHz, backed by 512 KB of SRAM and 2 MB of Flash memory. This configuration allows the module to handle TCP/IP networking and BLE provisioning while offloading heavy computational tasks to the T41 processor.

Ingenic’s T41 processor delivers 1.2 TOPS of AI performance using an Int8-optimized engine. The processor also integrates an H.265 encoder, delivering high video quality while compressing data to reduce cloud storage requirements and streaming costs. Other integrated features include a 1080P CMOS image sensor and microphone and speaker components.

InnoPhase’s battery-powered camera kit. 

InnoPhase points to the platform’s power efficiency as a notable feature. The Talaria TWO consumes 57 μA in DTIM10 mode for Wi-Fi connectivity maintenance, 31 mA during reception at 802.11b rates, and 81 mA during transmission at 802.11n rates. A unique dual-stack software architecture divides processing responsibilities between the Talaria TWO and T41 to reduce overall system current consumption.  

Wireless Audio Revolutionized Through Wi-Fi Integration

In collaboration with GreenWaves Technologies, InnoPhase IoT also announced the development of a new lossless, Wi-Fi-enabled audio headset reference design. 

InnoPhase’s spatial audio headset. 

The hardware design pairs the Talaria TWO with GreenWaves’ GAP9 processor, a multicore architecture that combines low-power cores with an AI accelerator. This processor efficiently decodes audio streams and applies real-time spatial audio effects to produce high sound quality. Meanwhile, the Talaria TWO module powers Wi-Fi-based connectivity to eliminate traditional throughput bottlenecks associated with Bluetooth’s ~1 Mbps application-layer data rate. By supporting multi-megabit data streams, the Talaria TWO facilitates multi-channel spatial audio processing.

IoT Sensor Solutions With Streamlined Hardware

Lastly, InnoPhase recently revealed that a partnership with TDK InvenSense resulted in an integrated sensor-to-cloud platform. 

InnoPhase’s integrated sensor-to-cloud platform. 

In this design, the Talaria TWO module works in tandem with TDK’s ICU-30201 ultrasonic sensor, which uses time-of-flight measurements for precise long-range presence detection and sub-meter facial recognition. The sensor’s data triggers the Talaria TWO module to establish cloud connectivity, effectively eliminating the need for external microcontrollers or intermediary hardware. The platform's goal is to conserve power in solutions like smart locks and video cameras—only triggering the system on events like presence detection. 

Smarter, More Efficient IoT Systems

As IoT ecosystems grow more sophisticated, developers may increasingly demand both efficient connectivity and edge processing. By solving long-standing technical barriers like high power consumption for AI and data-intensive applications, InnoPhase, along with its collaborators, may help provide both features in consumer and industrial markets.