microsoft / microsoft/pxt-microbit
Make sound level in decibels available to students
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Description
LevelDetectorSPL in CODAL is calibrated to give sound level in decibels, which is good for real data measurement.
However, we need to maintain the simple 0-255 "sound level" API
It would be good to think about ways to make the dB values available to students.
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First steps
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- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating LevelDetectorSPL in CODAL and the existing 0-255 sound-level API. Investigate how decibel values could be made available to students without removing the existing API. Done means the approach is defined and the student-facing decibel measurement is available while the simple sound-level API remains supported.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- api, embedded-iot
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100