Use Pi to monitor audio

Since a Raspberry Pi is so compact, it can be used to power monitoring hardware. Learn how to use it for audio tasks

With such a small physical footprint and a low power requirement, the Raspberry Pi is a perfect platform that you can use to build your own scientific equipment. We will look at how you might be able to use your Pi to monitor and analyse sounds in your environment. This is useful if you are listening for particular sounds. You need a Raspberry Pi, some kind of USB microphone, and some kind of USB wireless connection if you want to check on the monitoring process remotely. The specifics of the hardware are up to you, but you should be able to use almost anything that is available to you. This article will focus on the Python code that you will need in order to record this audio and do some…

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