Virscient, the New Zealand wireless and audio technical powerhouse will be debuting LiveOnAir at IBC.
Virscient, the New Zealand wireless and audio technical powerhouse will be debuting LiveOnAir at IBC. New Zealand. August 2023
LiveOnAir is the result of Virscient’s many years of experience delivering differentiated wireless connectivity solutions for professional and consumer audio OEMs.
Designed to meet the needs of professional live performance, LiveOnAir provides for audio sample bit depths up to 24-bit, and sample rates up to 96 kHz. With various narrow- and wide-band RF transceiver options, LiveOnAir can support short range (up to 10 metres or 30 feet) or long range (up to multiple kilometres/miles) applications in globally-available unlicensed spectrum.
In addition to exceptional audio support, LiveOnAir is able to deliver (Audio In to Audio Out) latencies of under 5ms for Bluetooth LE and around 3ms for UWB. Use cases for LiveOnAir include digital wireless microphones, In Ear Mics and Gaming accessories.
LiveOnAir supports both point-to-point and point-to-multipoint topologies, and includes industry-standard security mechanisms based on the NIST-approved Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) with Elliptic-Curve Diffie-Hellman (ECDH). Options are available to enable standards-based interoperability modes through fallback to Bluetooth or LE Audio transports.
At IBC, visitors will be able demonstrate LiveOnAir based on Nordic’s nRF5340 BLE SOC. This demo will be available at the Antennaware booth.
About Virscient
Virscient works for the world’s leading semiconductor and product companies, who choose them because of their deep expertise in wireless and Internet of Things technologies. Every day they’re developing secure embedded software for connected systems, designing hardware from silicon to PCB/product-level, and supporting all other aspects of the connectivity journey from technology selection through to product RF and interoperability certification.
