Microphone Fundamentals &
Advanced Applications
PCB Piezotronics invites you to attend an acoustic educational seminar at the Holiday Inn & Suites in
Farmington Hills, MI from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm on August 25th. The keynote speaker is Andrew Barnard, Ph.D., an Assistant Professor from Michigan Technological University and a leading authority on sound and vibration measurements. Dr. Barnard is also INCE Board Certified and a certified LabVIEW developer.
At this training, participants will learn:
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Microphone/acoustic fundamentals - key terminology, acoustic waves and sound fields, the source-path-receiver model, microphone types, selecting the right microphone for your application, etc.
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Sound metrics, measurement, and frequency determination - broadband metrics used to describe sound, averaging concepts, octave and third octave bands, and narrow band frequency analysis.
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Microphone advanced applications- multichannel applications for noise source identification: sound power, intensity, beamforming, nearfield acoustic holography (NAH), etc.
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Microphones as part of an integrated system - microphone and DAQ: how they interact and understanding the output results, system level calibration, data processing, etc.
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Testing in wind tunnels or the outdoors - isolating the acoustic field from air flow pressure to make accurate acoustic measurements.
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Understanding transmission loss - key terminology/definitions, measurement equations, single and multi-panel issues and measurement techniques (two room and four microphone impedance methods)
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Pipe acoustics - material characterization using an impedance tube, muffler test cell transmission loss measurements and microphone selection
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Product demonstrations - transmission loss, coherent/incoherent signals, sound directivity, identifying noise floor, and anti-aliasing
The cost of $99 per person includes lunch and training materials.
If you have any questions, please contact Tina McKean tmckean@pcb.com or 1-800-828-8840. We look forward to seeing you soon!