Saigonauticon,

Sure. From ancient memory, I think I had looked at this one: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/274365321_On_the_Piezoelectric_Effect_of_Bone

However there's a weird little caveat -- some papers attribute the piezoelectric effect to organic collagen fibers. Others attribute it to the inorganic component (apatite). In the end this paper seemed to have a reasonable measurement process so I've just ignored the exact cause of the piezoelectricity for the moment. From their tests, orientation of the bone is highly important.

They use an applied voltage of 100V then amplify (100db). I'm reasonably competent working with moderate voltages, but would prefer to try something under 30v as a matter of convenience (e.g. what I can reach with a DC-DC boost converter).

Normally though, I just hook up a crystal oscillator to a hex inverter @5V or to an MCU with some caps. I'm not entirely sure how I'd build an equivalent circuit at 30V! Doing unnatural things with crystal oscillators hasn't really come up much in my studies or career.

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