Yes if its power - I thought you meant just signal level!
Of course you have to square and average.
Oliver Friedrich wrote:
> Hi Paolo,
>
> I would suggest a rectification of the signal. But low-pass filtering isn't
> that good, because you would get linear distortion (you would cut off the
> high frequent signals, which should also be taken into account in a power
> meter.
> A better way is to take the data points to power of two (x^2) to get the
> function equivalent to
> power(t). Then integrate over equidistant intervals (take a running average
> over n power data points).
> This you can wire to an analog meter.
> Have fun,
>
> Oliver Friedrich
>
> "Paolo"
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>
> I want create a sound meter. I want that an audio input is indicated by an
> > analog indicator.
> > I use a sound configuration and sound read, but then how can i link audio
> > output with analog indicator?
> >
> > thanks
> > paolo
> >
> >