Prototype Your Product

This guide outlines the steps to create an Alexa Connect Kit (ACK) product prototype. To prototype your devices the Development Kit for ACK comes with a sample HMCU and development board with an integrated ACK module. For details about ACK, see What is ACK?

First, you create a virtual product in the ACK console to define the Alexa capabilities that your product will support. Then you provision an ACK module as your virtual product and run a sample application on your hardware and control it with the Alexa app. Finally, you learn how to edit your virtual product and application to customize your prototype.

Prerequisites

• A Development Kit for ACK, or a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) with an integrated ACK module.
• Complete the steps in Get Started with the Development Kit for ACK.

Guide overview

This guide walks you through the following steps:

• Step 1: Create a Virtual Product
• Step 2: Provision Your ACK Module as a Virtual Product
• Step 3: Generate a Barcode for Product Registration
• Step 4: Upload Code to Your Host Microcontroller
• Step 5: Register Your ACK Module with Alexa and ACK services
• Step 6: Add Functionality to Your Product