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ICS-43434 MEMS Microphone

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jarrettJarrett 11/05/2018 at 20:142 Comments

@Kris Winer used this sensor on the #STM32L4 Sensor Tile, and it looks pretty interesting for an application I have in mind.

I was originally, a long time ago, going to use a different electret microphone (the SPM0408LE5H-TB-6), but that was analog output, no amplification, nothing special.

This thing is a complete package, with I2S output. Seems awesome.

@oshpark link:

https://oshpark.com/shared_projects/22CwXvUR

Shown with a Digikey ruler. I'm liking this for scale, I might do it all the time.

Problems:

That hole for the microphone wasn't wide enough to actually be a hole. It was filled up with dried soldermask. A small drill bit cleared that right up. Note to self, make the hole bigger in my footprint. It's currently not a via, and it's probably best to keep it that way so as to not encourage solder to flow into the hole.

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Kris Winer wrote 11/05/2018 at 23:22 point

Other problems: I don't see a bypass capacitor on VCC nor a 100 K resistor on SD to GND to allow the voltage to drain when the data line is deselected. Take a look at the datasheet to understand why these two might be important. Missing these doesn't mean the mic won't work, it just means it won't work well....

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Jarrett wrote 11/05/2018 at 23:25 point

Excellent corrections, thanks!

It's clear that I haven't more than the most cursory glance at the datasheet so far :P

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