This clever hydrophone project involves rewiring ordinary earbuds with condenser microphone capsules and filling the earbud casings with silicone, [Thanks, Pete!]
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This clever hydrophone project involves rewiring ordinary earbuds with condenser microphone capsules and filling the earbud casings with silicone, [Thanks, Pete!]
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I think I’m going to add something like this to my ever-growing Drawdio
I just happen to have a couple of condenser mic capsules sitting right here. I think I could save some time just by covering them in a glob of silicone.
There’s a free GNU project that used ordinary sound cards and a net of cheap transducers that could pinpoint very small craft in the water. I’ve lost the link.
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