Amir Pournasserian
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DIY Sound Detector w/ Android + Raspberry Pi

Hide a microphone in plain sight using an old Android device. Stream the audio to a Raspberry Pi and visualize it in an IoT Dashboard!

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DIY Sound Detector w/ Android + Raspberry Pi

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Sound Detector

Python
import json
import http.client
from _util import get_sensor
import urllib.request
import math
import scipy.io.wavfile
from scipy.fftpack import fft, fftfreq
import numpy as np
import struct

framerate = 8000
time_streaming = 5 #seconds
stream_length = time_streaming * 4
nframes = int(stream_length * framerate / 4)
file_location = "INSERT FILE LOCATION HERE"

# Configuration section
UBEAC_URL = 'hub.ubeac.io'
GATEWAY_URL = 'INSERT GATEWAY URL HERE'
DEVICE_FRIENDLY_NAME = 'Android Sound Detector'

with urllib.request.urlopen('INSERT LANMIC URL HERE') as r:
    audio_start = r.read(44)
    while True:
        audio_add = r.read(framerate)
        for i in range(stream_length - 1):
            audio_add += r.read(framerate)
    
        format_float = '<' + str(nframes) + 'i'
        testResult = struct.unpack(format_float, audio_add)

        nb = np.array(testResult)  
        nm = np.max(np.abs(nb))
        sigf32 = (nb/nm).astype(np.float32)
        scipy.io.wavfile.write(file_location, framerate, sigf32)
        rate, data = scipy.io.wavfile.read(file_location)        

        rms_amp = np.sqrt(np.mean(np.square(data)))
        logrms_amp = 20 * math.log10(rms_amp)
        
        Amplitude = get_sensor("Average Amplitude", {"Amplitude": str(logrms_amp)})

        freqs = fftfreq(data.shape[0], 1/rate)
        freqspos = freqs[:int(freqs.size/2)]
        datafft = fft(data)
        fftabs = abs(datafft)[:int(freqs.size/2)]

        peakfreq = np.max(fftabs)
        locmaxfreq = np.argmax(fftabs)  
        freqmax = freqspos[locmaxfreq]     

        Frequency = get_sensor("Frequency", {"Max Frequency" : str(freqmax)})

        Peak = get_sensor("Max Peak", {"Amplitude" : str(locmaxfreq)})

        sensors = []  
        sensors.append(Amplitude)
        sensors.append(Frequency)
        sensors.append(Peak)

        device = [{
            'id': "Android Microphone",
            'sensors': sensors
        }]

        connection = http.client.HTTPSConnection(UBEAC_URL)
        connection.request('POST', GATEWAY_URL, json.dumps(device))
        response = connection.getresponse()
        print(response.read().decode())

_util.py

Python
def to_mega_byte(byte_value):
    return int(byte_value / 1048576)

def to_giga_byte(byte_value):
    return int(byte_value / 173741824)

def get_sensor(id, value, type=None, unit=None, prefix=None, dt=None):
    sensor = {
        'id': id,
        'data': value
    }
    return sensor

def secs2hours(secs):
    return round(secs / 3600, 1)

Credits

Amir Pournasserian

Amir Pournasserian

10 projects • 14 followers
Data scientist, machine learning specialist, IoT nerd. CEO of Momentaj and Founder of uBeac, IoT thinktanks.

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