I'm trying to build an electret mic amplification circuit. I see some weird spikes by just connecting the microphone like so:
5v ---^^^---------
10kΩ) |
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MIC+------------probe signal
MIC-
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-GND---------------------------probe gnd
(^^^ = resistor)
The problem is that I'm getting some big spikes that I can't explain. The battery is 4xAA at around 5v, microphone is (this), probe attenuation x10, 1mV/div, 5uSec/div. Any ideas what these spikes might be? The specs of the mic say normal voltage 2V and I'm giving it 5V, could the mic be fried? Does seem to work when I speak, just there is hum when I amplify.
UPDATE
I changed the 4xAA battery supply to a 3.3V linear regulator (UA78M33CKCS) and replaced the 10kΩ resistor with a 2.2k one. I now have around 0.3mA going to the microphone (0.5mA is the max). The spikes are much smaller but still big compared to the signal I get when I speak. The time div in this picture is 20μS/div.