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diff --git a/src/drone-software/src/acoustic/src/core/fft_utils.cpp b/src/drone-software/src/acoustic/src/core/fft_utils.cpp
index 347df83..6f790ed 100644
--- a/src/drone-software/src/acoustic/src/core/fft_utils.cpp
+++ b/src/drone-software/src/acoustic/src/core/fft_utils.cpp
@@ -19,37 +19,63 @@ void apply_hann_window(float* data, size_t n) {
     }
 }
 
-// Compute power spectrum via DFT.
-// For n_fft = 2048 this is fast enough for offline/demo use.
-// Twiddle factors are cached in a static lookup table per n_fft size.
-void compute_power_spectrum(const float* frame, int n_fft, float* power_out) {
-    int bins = n_fft / 2 + 1;
+namespace {
 
-    // Build or reuse cached twiddle table for this n_fft
-    static thread_local std::vector<float> cos_table;
-    static thread_local std::vector<float> sin_table;
-    static thread_local int cached_nfft = 0;
+// Iterative Cooley-Tukey complex FFT (power-of-2 sizes only).
+struct Cpx { float r = 0.0f, i = 0.0f; };
 
-    if (cached_nfft != n_fft) {
-        cached_nfft = n_fft;
-        cos_table.resize(static_cast<size_t>(n_fft));
-        sin_table.resize(static_cast<size_t>(n_fft));
-        for (int k = 0; k < n_fft; ++k) {
-            float angle = -2.0f * static_cast<float>(M_PI) * k / n_fft;
-            cos_table[k] = std::cos(angle);
-            sin_table[k] = std::sin(angle);
+void fft_inplace(Cpx* data, int n, bool inverse) {
+    int j = 0;
+    for (int i = 1; i < n; ++i) {
+        int bit = n >> 1;
+        for (; j & bit; bit >>= 1) j ^= bit;
+        j ^= bit;
+        if (i < j) std::swap(data[i], data[j]);
+    }
+    for (int len = 2; len <= n; len <<= 1) {
+        float ang = 2.0f * static_cast<float>(M_PI) / len * (inverse ? 1.0f : -1.0f);
+        float wlen_r = std::cos(ang);
+        float wlen_i = std::sin(ang);
+        for (int i = 0; i < n; i += len) {
+            float wr = 1.0f, wi = 0.0f;
+            for (int k = 0; k < len / 2; ++k) {
+                int u = i + k;
+                int v = i + k + len / 2;
+                float ur = data[u].r, ui = data[u].i;
+                float vr = data[v].r * wr - data[v].i * wi;
+                float vi = data[v].r * wi + data[v].i * wr;
+                data[u].r = ur + vr;
+                data[u].i = ui + vi;
+                data[v].r = ur - vr;
+                data[v].i = ui - vi;
+                float wnr = wr * wlen_r - wi * wlen_i;
+                float wni = wr * wlen_i + wi * wlen_r;
+                wr = wnr;
+                wi = wni;
+            }
         }
     }
-
-    for (int b = 0; b < bins; ++b) {
-        float real = 0.0f;
-        float imag = 0.0f;
-        for (int n = 0; n < n_fft; ++n) {
-            int idx = (b * n) % n_fft;
-            real += frame[n] * cos_table[idx];
-            imag += frame[n] * sin_table[idx];
+    if (inverse) {
+        float inv_n = 1.0f / n;
+        for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
+            data[i].r *= inv_n;
+            data[i].i *= inv_n;
         }
-        power_out[b] = real * real + imag * imag;
+    }
+}
+
+} // anonymous namespace
+
+void compute_power_spectrum(const float* frame, int n_fft, float* power_out) {
+    int bins = n_fft / 2 + 1;
+    std::vector<Cpx> data(n_fft);
+    for (int i = 0; i < n_fft; ++i) {
+        data[i].r = frame[i];
+        data[i].i = 0.0f;
+    }
+    fft_inplace(data.data(), n_fft, false);
+    for (int i = 0; i < bins; ++i) {
+        power_out[i] = data[i].r * data[i].r + data[i].i * data[i].i;
     }
 }