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Offline yodakohlTopic starter

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Pi Zero W and Pi3 3v3 ripple when wifi busy
« on: May 12, 2017, 03:39:12 am »
I'm using the raspberry's 3v3 voltage to supply two digital mems microphones.
This is working fine for the original Pi Zero. However when using a Pi Zero W
or a Pi3 I'm getting some serious noise, but only when the Wi-Fi is transmitting data.
Here are captures of the 3v3 voltage measured from the raspberry 3v3 pin.






The two microphones are pulling a maximum current of 1.2 mA and can also be supplied as with 1.8V.
Do you have any suggestions how to get a cleaner supply for the microphones? I was thinking of some ways to do it:

  • Use a separate low noise regulator from 5v to 3v3 or from 3v3 to 1v8
  • Using ferrite beads
  • Decoupling Capacitors (currently 0.1u and 200p)

Any help is appreciated.
 

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Re: Pi Zero W and Pi3 3v3 ripple when wifi busy
« Reply #1 on: May 12, 2017, 03:59:46 am »
Just few days ago moved from PI2 to the new fresh PI3 and found the same problem for some external hi-res ADC's and DAC's extension board. Using a MCP1700 LDO for providing the necessary 3.3V for them solved the problem. But for another one, at full 24 bit, was forced to use a MIC94310. That noise is quite annoying.
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Re: Pi Zero W and Pi3 3v3 ripple when wifi busy
« Reply #2 on: May 19, 2017, 10:33:40 pm »
Thanks, just got my MIC94310 and they are working great  :)
 


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