Adafruit 1063 Electret Microphone Amplifier - MAX4466 with Adjustable Gain

In reality this is more likely about 4 1/2 stars instead of 5.Would have been nice to have the pins pre-soldered but was not a big issue. A small hassle to find example code to test this out but I would recommend going to the actual Adafruit site and running their supplied code.Yes, this microphone is not that sensitive. It is smaller than a quarter and didn't claim to be that sensitive. HOWEVER, for me at least, this is a very simple fix. For example, if you are trying to decipher something like a clap then do a little testing, and change the threshold corresponding to where you want to sense the clap from. All it takes is changing the threshold that "detects" the clap. Granted the distance from the microphone can make the clap register a very different value but that is not the microphone's fault. Use multiple at different position if you have to.Works well and does as described. Will update if I have issues.

I used this product to create an bass responsive LED clock. Now my beats create amazing light shows!This product from Adafruit comes with easy to find/use information on how to use it and implement it into an arduino project; this makes getting started with it easy. It can be used to identify amplitudes of different frequencies with an FFT library in arduino (Though the higher frequencies seem to display a lot of noise from my tests.) you can also simply use the device to record audio 'loudness' and can be used as a form of human presence sensor as people tend to make a lot of noise. In fact I purchased a second one for a project to identify human presence where I will use it along with a list of other sensors to identify if someone is in the room. Overall I am very satisfied with this product as it allows you to add the functionality of a microphone to a project without having to develop complex circuits or prepare software for it.

Works exactly as advertised. Running off the logic supply is handy. Recommended.

It seems to work OK, but the gain control is so tiny, it is difficult to adjust and quite fragile. There are no stops on the rotation of the gain pot, so difficult to tell where it is set by sight or feel. Board quality is otherwise fine and worked for Arduino audio interfacing ok.

I use this with a custom 3.3V regulator. This is a great mic but ran a little hot for my setup so I installed a 22KOhm resistor in series with output. Very nice and durable. I have used 13 in different mic setups and have only had one go bad due to shorting in my power board due to sloppy tech work which was no fault of the boards. Highly recommend this unit.

I purchased this as a replacement to my cars blue tooth microphone. It worked, but not for my application. This wasn't the fault of the item however.

Works great, although I don't think the Adafruit tutorial is correct: They scale the measured voltage by 3.3 (since they're using 3.3V source), but I think they also need to use analogRef and connect a wire from 3.3V to AREF.Turning the little trimpot fully CCW gives the most sensitivity, which seemed fine to me.

Bought 2 and I regret every second. They were intended to serve as microphone amplified-elements for a radio transmitter. Tried the device on 2 desktops & 3 sound cards (2 dongles & 1 on board audio) and also on one transmitter, with all precautions (capacitor, resistor etc). Bottom line is the amplification is low even at the high end of the trimmer, and it seems audio above 2 Khz is reduced. Sometimes hiss is added for now reason. Very disappointing rsults compared to a 1$ value computer microphone which worked flawlessly with good gain & response without any additions . Beware & don't buy. Real junk.