Electronic Stethoscope


Posted on Feb 5, 2014

U1a operates as a low-noise microphone preamp. Its gain is only about 3. 9 because the high output impedance of the drain of the FET inside the electret microphone causes U1aG ™s effective input resistor to be about 12. 2K. C2 has a fairly high value in order to pass very low frequency (about 20 to 30Hz) heartbeat sounds. U1b operates as a low-noise


Electronic Stethoscope
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Sallen and Key, Butterworth low-pass-filter with a cutoff frequency of about 103Hz. R7 and R8 provide a gain of about 1. 6 and allow the use of equal values for C3 and C4 but still producing a sharp Butterworth response. The rolloff rate is 12dB/octave. C3 and C4 can be reduced to 4. 7nF to increase the cutoff frequency to 1KHz to hear respiratory or mechanical (automobile engine) sounds. U5 is a 1/4W power amplifier IC with built-in biasing and inputs that are referred to ground. It has a gain of 20. It can drive any type of headphones including low impedance (8 ohms) ones. 3) Fasten the microphone to the stethoscope head with a rubber isolating sleeve or use a short piece of rubber tubing on its nipple. A thick jar lid can be used as a stethoscope head. The microphone must be spaced away from the skin but the stethoscope head must be pressed to the skin, sealing the microphone from background noises and avoiding acoustical feedback with your headphones.




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