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2.3 Enable Amazon Alexa on the Board

Amazon Alexa is a voice assistant developed by Amazon. With Amazon Alexa, the board can function

with a set of voice commands. Alexa Skill is a set of capabilities. Amazon allows developers to build the

skills and publish skills for Alexa.

There are two Alexa Skills for the Wi-Fi Smart Device Enablement Kit, as follows:

• Microchip Sensor Board Skill

• Microchip Wi-Fi Smart Device Smart Home Skill

Microchip Sensor Board Skill

This skill is an Alexa Custom Skill, which can be customized by developers. More features can be

supported on this skill. However, Alexa mobile application cannot control the board; only the Wi-Fi Smart

Device Enablement Kit Mobile application can be used to control and read the sensor value from the

board.

Figure 2-3. Microchip Sensor Board Skill

The following table provides detailed information to use Microchip Sensor Board Skill.

Table 2-1. Function List

Function Voice Command

Turn On/ Off LED LD2 Turn the light on/off

Turn LED LD2 to different color Turn the light blue/green/red/yellow/white/cyan/magneta

Get LED LD2 color What is the light color?

Get LED LD2 On/Off state What is the light state?

Get button (SW1, SW2, SW3) status What are the button states?

Get temperature/humidity from the Kit What is the temperature/humidity?

Assert the Port A 17/20 or 21 GPIO to

high/ low

Set/Clear Port A 17/20/ 21

Assert the Port B 22/23 to high/ low Set/Clear Port B 22/ 23

Note:

1. Sensor Board is the invocation to trigger the skill.

2. This skill is not supported if more than one device is registered to the mobile application account.

Microchip Wi-Fi Smart Device Smart Home Skill

This skill is an Alexa Smart Home Skill, which is predefined by Amazon. The user can use the Alexa

mobile application to enable this skill and perform the device discovery process to discover the board. In

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