Fortebit EasyVR 3 Plus Shield for Arduino

Fortebit EasyVR 3 Plus Shield for Arduino is compatible with any Arduino board. It includes the EasyVR 3 Plus module and the Arduino Shield adapter. EasyVR 3 Plus is a multi-purpose speech recognition module designed to easily add versatile, robust, and cost-effective speech recognition capabilities to almost any application. The EasyVR 3 Plus module can be used with any host with a UART interface powered at 3.3V – 5V, such as PIC and Arduino boards. Some application examples include home automation, such as voice-controlled light switches, locks, curtains or kitchen appliances, or adding “hearing” to the most popular robots on the market. The EasyVR Shield 3 is an adapter board for the EasyVR 3 module, designed to simplify its use among the Arduino community.

Features

  • Compatible with any Arduino board using UNO-R3 Shield headers, running at either 3.3V or 5V levels, by using the IOREF pin to select the EasyVR operating voltage
  • Backward compatible with earlier Arduino boards that don’t have the IOREF pin, which are using 5V I/O levels by default
  • If the board does not have the IOREF pin, but it is running at 3.3V, the user can still operate the EasyVR Shield 3 correctly if the user manually connects pins IOREF and 3V3 together, for example, with a jumper wire
  • Board comes with separate Arduino stackable headers for the Shield interface (EasyVR 3 module is also provided separately)
  • Compatible with Arduino boards that have the 1.0 Shield interface (UNO R3) and legacy boards including, but not limited to:
    • Arduino Duemilanove
    • Arduino Uno
    • Arduino Mega
    • Arduino Leonardo
    • Arduino Due
  • Supports 5V and 3.3V mainboards through the IOREF pin
  • Supports direct connection to the PC on mainboards with a separate USB/Serial chip and a special software-driven “bridge” mode on boards with only native USB interface, for easy access by the EasyVR Commander
  • Enables different modes of serial connection and also flash updates to the embedded EasyVR module (through the Mode Jumper)
  • Supports remapping of serial pins used by the Shield (in SW mode)
  • Provides a 3.5mm audio output jack suitable for headphones or as a line out

Accessories

USB Cables / IEEE 1394 Cables USB to UART interface (FTDI FT232R IC, 1.8m length, Hirose 6-pin connector)

Fortebit EasyVR 3 Plus Shield for Arduino