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7.1.10 Voice Activated Detection (VAD)
The Voice Detection algorithm can be used to detect voice vs noise.
• VAD Detect time (samples) / Default 2: Equivalent to the attack time before VAD is enabled.
• VAD TimeOUT (samples) / Default 50 (3ms): Release time
7.1.11 Control Switches
The UMA-8 is fitted with 4 control switches on the top side of the module with the following use:
SW1: Bypass/activates all microphone processing. The processing is active when the application starts.
SW2: Mic monitoring enable/disable. Enabling the monitor allows the microphone signal to be directly
monitored on the I2S data 1&2 out; Disabling allows audio playback from the host i.e. normal USB DAC. The
monitor is disabled when the application starts.
SW3: Manually rotate beam direction to one of the 6 microphone direction. The beam direction is shown by the
LEDs.
SW4: DOA mode enable/disable
SW1
SW2
SW3
SW4