Creating an Auracast Assistant Remote

[Bled.Benjamin]

Hello everyone,

I am a Hearing Aid Professional and I am looking for a solution for Auracast.

The Project:
- An Auracast transmitter (Starkey Edge TV Streamer Auracast)
- A receiver (Auracast Hearing Aids "Phonak Infinio, Oticon Intent, Starkey Edge AI")
- An Auracast Assistant remote control

So I am looking to create this remote control that will make the link between the hearing aids and the Auracast source. The goal is that I have elderly people who do not necessarily have the latest generation smartphones (Android 16) that allow the connection or who are not familiar with these technologies and therefore the goal is to create a simple remote control.

I am having trouble finding information on the principle of this creation. My assistant will have to be compatible with BLE Audio or Auracast (NRF5340 Audio DK) because this remote control is just used to connect the transmitter and receiver together which would allow to use another chip.

Thanks in advance for your answers.

[Maria Gilje]

Hello,

This is an interesting project. Based on your current description I think this is feasible to do with nRF5340. Currently we have a Broadcast Assistant sample, but as far as I know this is not explicitly Auracast. I will do some more research after the weekend.

As I understand it the remote control will be paired with the hearing aids to facilitate the hearing aids to receive the broadcast from the TV Auracast source. Is this the correct understanding? I am not sure how to pair the hearing aids with the remote in this case, but I would need to research this a bit more as well

So I am looking to create this remote control that will make the link between the hearing aids and the Auracast source.

Just to be clear on the terminologi, there will be no link between the Auracast source and the hearing aids, but the hearing aids will receive the stream from the Auracast source once the remote control has configured the hearing aids to receive the particular audio stream.

Please share any information which can help to understand the project.

Best regards,

Maria

[Bled.Benjamin]

Thx, you understood everything ! The remote control creates the link between the hearing aids and the source Auracast

[Maria Gilje]

Bled.Benjamin said:

Thx, you understood everything !

That's great!

So from what I can see the Broadcast Audio Assistant sample is a feasible starting point for your remote control project. When planning your project in detail, please contact your Regional Sales Manager. They can help you to find the perfect SoC for your project. As I mentioned before, nRF5340 will work nicely for this project, but depending on the amount of features you need on your remote, smaller SoCs can also be considered. Your remote won't have to do computationally heavy work in regards to audio, since it's role is to set up streaming between two other devices.

I'm happy to discuss more here as well about details on your project. Do let me know if you want to share sensitive information about your project, and I will make sure that you can share it in private.

Best regards,

Maria