diff --git a/examples/python/using_carrays.py b/examples/python/using_carrays.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..730cb365
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/python/using_carrays.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# Author: Brendan Le Foll <brendan.le.foll@intel.com>
+# Copyright (c) 2014 Intel Corporation.
+#
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+# a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+# "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+# without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+# distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+# permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+# the following conditions:
+#
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+# included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+#
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+# EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+# MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+# NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
+# LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
+# OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
+# WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE
+
+import pyupm_mic
+
+mymic = pyupm_mic.Microphone(1)
+# careful this is an unitialised array with no bounds checking!
+x = pyupm_mic.uint16Array(3)
+mymic.getSampledWindow(100, 3, x)
+
diff --git a/src/carrays_uint16_t.i b/src/carrays_uint16_t.i
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f71a3c91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/carrays_uint16_t.i
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+%include "stdint.i"
+%include "carrays.i"
+%array_class(uint16_t, uint16Array);
diff --git a/src/mic/jsupm_mic.i b/src/mic/jsupm_mic.i
index 0e72ac52..c6fcad3d 100644
--- a/src/mic/jsupm_mic.i
+++ b/src/mic/jsupm_mic.i
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 %module jsupm_mic
 %include "../upm.i"
+%include "../carrays_uint16_t.i"
 
 %{
     #include "mic.h"
diff --git a/src/mic/pyupm_mic.i b/src/mic/pyupm_mic.i
index 8682b2ad..6cff14df 100644
--- a/src/mic/pyupm_mic.i
+++ b/src/mic/pyupm_mic.i
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 %module pyupm_mic
 %include "../upm.i"
+%include "../carrays_uint16_t.i"
 
 %include "stdint.i"