"Microphony" redirects here. For the similarly titled compositions by Karlheinz Stockhausen, see Mikrophonie.
"Valve hammer" redirects here. For the level editor, see Valve Hammer.
Microphonics, microphony, or microphonism[1][2][3] describes the phenomenon wherein certain components in electronic devices transform mechanical vibrations into an undesired electrical signal (noise). The term comes from analogy with a microphone, which is intentionally designed to convert vibrations to electrical signals.
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