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Full machine-readable index: https://core-electronics.com.au/llms.txt # Adafruit I2S MEMS Microphone Breakout - SPH0645LM4H **Type:** Product page · **SKU:** ADA3421 · **Brand:** [Adafruit](https://core-electronics.com.au/brands/adafruit-australia) **Page:** https://core-electronics.com.au/adafruit-i2s-mems-microphone-breakout-sph0645lm4h.html ([markdown](https://core-electronics.com.au/adafruit-i2s-mems-microphone-breakout-sph0645lm4h.html.md)) Listen to this good news - Adafruit now have a breakout board for a super tiny I2S MEMS microphone. Just like 'classic' electret microphones, MEMS mics can detect sound... ## Pricing - **Price:** $12.85 (inc GST) — $11.68 AUD, exc GST - **Quantity discounts:** 10+ $11.37 (exc GST) · 50+ $11.15 (exc GST) ## Availability & dispatch - Available with a lead time — expect dispatch between Sep 03 and Sep 07. ## How to buy - **Build a cart:** compose `https://core-electronics.com.au/cart/link?items=ADA3421:1` (comma-separated SKU:qty pairs) and share the link. Opening it shows a confirmation page with live pricing and stock before anything is added to the cart. - **Verify the cart first:** fetch `https://core-electronics.com.au/cart/link/ADA3421:1.md` for live line prices (inc & exc GST, quantity discounts applied), stock and dispatch estimates, and totals. Append `/to/{AU-postcode}` (or `/to/{country-code}:{postcode}`) before `.md` for delivery options and prices to that destination. Unknown, retired, or out-of-stock SKUs are flagged. (Query form `cart/link.md?items=...` also works but some robots parsers refuse query strings here.) - **Checkout** is completed on-site and includes a captcha at the payment step. Share the cart link; checkout takes it from there. - **Search the catalogue:** `https://core-electronics.com.au/search/{query}.md` (URL-encode the query; pages 2-3 at `search/{query}/{page}.md`; `search.md?q=` also works) - **Payment methods, purchase orders, policies and contact details:** https://core-electronics.com.au/llms.txt ## Description Listen to this good news - Adafruit now have a breakout board for a super tiny **I2S** MEMS microphone. Just like 'classic' electret microphones, MEMS mics can detect sound and convert it to voltage, but they're way smaller and thinner. This microphone doesn't even have analog out, its purely digital. The I2S is a small, low cost MEMS mic with a range of about 50Hz - 15KHz, good for just about all general audio recording/detection. For many microcontrollers, [adding audio input is easy with one of Adafruit's analog microphone breakouts](https://core-electronics.com.au/electret-microphone-amplifier-max4466-with-adjustable-gain.html). But as you get to bigger and better microcontrollers and microcomputers, you'll find that you don't always have an analog input, or maybe you want to avoid the noise that can seep in with an analog mic system. Once you get past 8-bit micros, you will often find an **I2S** peripheral, that can take *digital audio data* in! That's where this **I2S Microphone Breakout** comes in. Instead of an analog output, there are three digital pins: Clock, Data and Left-Right (Word Select) Clock. When connected to your microcontroller/computer, the 'I2S Master' will drive the clock and word-select pins at a high frequency and read out the data from the microphone. No analog conversion required! The microphone is a single mono element. You can select whether you want it to be on the Left or Right channel by connecting the Select pin to power or ground. If you need stereo, pick up two microphones! You can set them up to be stereo by sharing the Clock, WS and Data lines but having one with Select to ground, and one with Select to high voltage. This I2S MEMS microphone is bottom ported, so make sure you have the hole in the bottom facing out towards the sounds you want to read. It's a 1.6-3.6V max device only, so not for use with 5V logic (its really unlikely you'd have a 5V-logic device with I2S anyways). Many beginner microcontroller boards *don't* have I2S, so make sure its a supported interface before you try to wire it up! This microphone is best used with Cortex M-series chips like the Arduino Zero, Feather M0, or single-board computers like the Raspberry Pi. **[For code, libraries, wiring examples, CAD files, Fritzing and more, check out the guide!](https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-i2s-mems-microphone-breakout/)** ## Technical Details **[For code, libraries, wiring examples, CAD files, Fritzing and more, check out the guide!](https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-i2s-mems-microphone-breakout/)** Product Dimensions: 16.7mm x 12.7mm x 1.8mm / 0.7" x 0.5" x 0.1" Product Weight: 0.4g / 0.0oz ![](https://core-electronics.com.au/attachments/localcontent/rohs_icon_8216055e11.jpg)- [Datasheet](https://core-electronics.com.au/attachments/localcontent/i2SDatasheet_1114106e6d3.PDF) ## Images - [Product image 1](https://core-electronics.com.au/media/catalog/product/3/4/3421-00_1.jpg)