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Designing 32-Mic Array System: Teensy 4.1 & 8-Channel ADCs for 48kSs, 10-bit Data

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  • #1 21374412
    Sunnysky
    Level 8  
    I am currently tasked with designing a system to collect data from a microphone array that contains 32 microphones at the resolution of at least 10-bit with a sampling rate of at least 48kS/s for each microphone simultaneously. The system collects the data from the microphones and sends the data to a pc for viewing.

    I'm hoping to utilize a microcontroller like the teensy 4.1 to communicate with several 8 channel simultaneous adcs but I am unsure if this is the best approach.
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  • #2 21375440
    Kuniarz
    Moderator of Designing
    This is called an "acoustic imaging camera" and is used, for example, to detect compressed air leaks.
    Why do you want to invent this from scratch when you can buy e.g. a FLIR and it will be cheaper ?
    Helpful post? Buy me a coffee.
  • #3 21375517
    Sunnysky
    Level 8  
    >>21375440
    This is a macro model of our ears' audio imaging in the human audio spectrum not the ultrasonic spectrum using IR sensors where FLIRs become functional with a positive SNR.




    Comparison chart of air leak noise and background noise by frequency.

    Added after 8 [minutes]:

    Maybe a FLIR can sense whale and Dolphins laughing in the ultrasonic range as well as detect high pressure air leaks but not as good as Eddy current probes in Candu boilers for inspection which use magnetic 100k, 200k and 400 kHz to detect 0.1mm thickness flaws and pin holes. It could detect 1 ppm change in vector impedance and detect before a leak occurs.

    Would you like more info from my experience?

    > I was the guy who finished the design on the 1st CANSCAN boiler tube EC robotic subsystem at BAL. https://inis.iaea.org/collection/NCLCollectionStore/_Public/13/680/13680555.pdf
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