0.2 Design decisions for audio localization implementation

With the theory out of the way, we have to face the real world and set more constraints.

The number of microphones

In this project, we are using the TI TMS320C6211 DSK board. This board has two channels that sample at 48 kHz and anotherchannel that samples at 8 kHz. Since we are not interpolating our signals, the sampling frequency is increasingly critical,so we can only use two microphones . shows what happens to the beampattern when we use reduced sampling frequency.

Array spacing

In order to find the best array spacing (theoretically), we have to go through a few calculations. In our most extremecase, the signals will be hitting our array from 180°. This gives us perfect destructive interference, as our phasedifference will be $\pi$ . Therefore, we only need half of the wavelength: