Measuring time of arrival of sound pulse

[Pald]

How can one measure arrival time of sound pulse( in micro or nano seconds) at different mirophones( say five) using tablet or pc or any other equipment?

 

[ericgibbs]

hi Pald,
Which type of sound noise are you wishing to measure and over what distances.?
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[tomizett]

The signal integrity of sound through air is not very good: there is noise, reflection, frequency-dependent attenuation etc. For this reason, it's generally not practical to directly measure the arrival time of edges as you might in the electrical domain (in time-domain reflectometry, for example).
Instead, what is normally done is to inspect the cross-correlation of the transmitted and received sound. You will see a spike in the cross-correlation function at the point where the offset between the two waveforms equals the time-of-flight between the transmitter and receiver.
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-correlation

Of course, this relies on you knowing what sound was transmitted. Will you be in control of the sound that is produced, or is it going to come from an external source?
It also works better with a stimulus sound which is periodic over a period significantly longer than the expected time-of-flight. A maximum length sequence is often used for this, although music can also be good.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximum_length_sequence

Hope this provides some ideas.

 

[flatfootskier]

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