{"id":667,"date":"2025-05-19T21:15:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T21:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alvaro-varela.com\/?page_id=667"},"modified":"2025-05-23T19:57:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T19:57:19","slug":"aml100-smart-glasses-prototype","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alvaro-varela.com\/index.php\/sample-page\/aml100-smart-glasses-prototype\/","title":{"rendered":"AML100 Smart Glasses Prototype (2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1278\" height=\"962\" src=\"https:\/\/alvaro-varela.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/glasses.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alvaro-varela.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/glasses.jpg 1278w, https:\/\/alvaro-varela.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/glasses-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alvaro-varela.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/glasses-1024x771.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alvaro-varela.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/glasses-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alvaro-varela.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/glasses-650x489.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1278px) 100vw, 1278px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">Background<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">I designed all the electronics and mounting assemblies for a smart glasses demo showing off ultra-low power wakeword detection (&#8220;Alexa!&#8221;) using Aspinity&#8217;s AML100. 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