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Re: Microphone?

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Originally Posted by Tim Arnold View Post
This is an odd request, but I'm curious if its possible / feasible to hook up a microphone to an analog input. Not for recording or anything, purely to measure volume.

Anybody heard (no pun intended) of something like this being done before, or have ideas on how to do it?
Yes, this is possible. The ADC software on my website can sample at 6400Hz, which is good enough to sample frequencies as high as 3200Hz (See here for why). You would need a filter to remove frequencies above 3200Hz to prevent aliasing and an amplifier to use as much of the five volt dynamic range as possible.

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