Biasing Elect Micrphone

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crazyengineer

Joined Dec 29, 2010
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The one thing that always confused me when using elect micrphone is how to properly bias them. Can anyone explain how to accomplish this?
 

Audioguru

Joined Dec 20, 2007
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An electret microphone uses 500uA at a few volts. 9V through a series 10k resistor works well.
3V through a series 3k resistor reduces the output level to about half.
 
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