Fixed gain field recorder?

TNT

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Got my first PCB based mic to record sound. It was from the EVM PCM out so no FPGA adventures yet. On to mic #2... DC offset was <100mV after 10 minutes.

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C61 is also part of the second-order low-pass filter and it probably provides the charge when the ADC connects its input sampling capacitor to its input to take a sample.

In fact when you analyse the output impedance of the circuitry to the left of C61, you will find it is equivalent to an inductance of 2 R19 R13 C5 in parallel with a resistance 2 R19 R13/(R19 + R13). Together with C61, it behaves similar to a second-order LRC low-pass.
 
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TNT

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Aha!

I would like to set it's to something like -0,3dB at 20k. I will measure it and just make the caps correspondingly larget values for what I want - thats should work, right?

Like if I measure -0,3 at 60k I should make all 3 caps have 3 times bigger capacitance to move it to 20k?

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If I did the math correctly, C5 = C6 = 18 nF and C61 = 39 nF (both NP0/C0G or some other good quality cap, definitely no X7R, X5R or other ceramic class 2 stuff) should result in about your desired roll-off, see the attachment. The normal cut-off frequency is around 657 kHz and the -0.3 dB point well over 300 kHz. I don't know whether the increased inductance will have any side effects on the performance of the PCM4222, you will just have to try and see.
 

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TNT

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So Mic #2 give me trouble...

Measuring on the OPA I do have +15V at pin 8 and -15V at pin 4. But.... I also have +15 (or 14,88...) at oin 1 and pin 5... Did I fry an OPA?

Is the only way to really know to desolder the OPA and check 1 & 5 again?

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