{"id":16721,"date":"2016-09-16T10:00:07","date_gmt":"2016-09-16T17:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.digilentinc.com\/?p=16721"},"modified":"2016-09-19T13:30:07","modified_gmt":"2016-09-19T20:30:07","slug":"pmod-mic3-a-very-short-introduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/pmod-mic3-a-very-short-introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Pmod MIC3: A Very Short Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pmod MIC3 <\/a>is a useful tool for those wanting external control over their circuit. For example, it can be used to program a light that turns off with a simple hand clap or speech commands.<\/p>\n

The MIC3 <\/a>uses what is called a MEMS-type microphone. MEMS stands for Micro Electronic Mechanical Systems – and in this case, its basically a really small capacitor. When something makes noise, that sound is fed into a sort of pressure sensor in the MEMS transducer<\/a>. The sound pushes the sensor down, is released, and the sensor moves back.<\/p>\n

The transducer is hooked to an analog to digital converter. It converts the movement of the sensor to a digital signal and thus can be read by many more platforms than if it was strictly an analog signal.<\/p>\n

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To explore these capabilities,\u00a0I built a clap on\/clap off circuit using the Pmod MIC3 <\/a>and the Raspberry Pi 2<\/a>. You can check out my full Instructable here!<\/a><\/p>\n

For my project I used\u00a0the hardware below:<\/p>\n