ESP32 PDM Microphone - What do you do with the L/R pin? @atomic14
ESP32 PDM Microphone - What do you do with the L/R pin?  @atomic14
Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Thanks to PCBWay.com/?from=atomic for the fantastic PCBs and SMT assembly.

What's going on with PDM microphones and the L/R pin? It's very different from PCM microphones...

0:00 Some new probes
0:30 What's got me interested? Where is the L/R pin in the code?
1:04 What does the data sheet say?
2:15 Lightbulb moment
3:11 Testing it out

These probes I'm using are great - you can get your own here: amzn.to/46vHdFq

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