AIRDOS02 - Airborne cosmic radiation dosimeter with GPS receiver

Cosmic radiation dosimeter unit. It is intended for airborne measurement of cosmic radiation and dosimetry in mixed ionization fields on board aircraft.

Technical parameters

• Silicon PIN diode detector with ~60 mm³ detection volume
• Measurement endurance ~200 days with two LS33600 battery cells with GPS receiver disabled
• One-month measurement endurance with 5 minutes interval of GPS position logging
• Number of energy channels 248
• Energy measurement resolution <60 keV/channel
• GPS logging interval configurable by firmware
• Airborne GNSS receiver (navigation altitude verified up to 36km a.m.s.l.)
• Integration time of ionizing radiation spectra 10 s
• Size LxWxH 166 mm x 107 mm x 57 mm
• Weight 0.85 kg (Without batteries and GPS antenna)

The device can be purchased from Universal Scientific Technologies s.r.o. Contact us by email for a commercial quotation.

Hardware description

Block schematics

PCRD04B - semiconductor detector circuit

Wired connections

DATALOGGER01A	PCRD04B	Color	Length
PB0	TRACE	purple	10cm shield
GND	POWER GND	black	10cm shield
VDD	POWER VDD	orange	10cm shield
PA0	A/D	yellow	10cm shield
PA1	REF	grey	10cm shield

DATALOGGER01A	GPS01A	Color	Length
GND SWPOWER	GND POWER	black	15cm
VDD SWPOWER	VDD POWER	orange	15cm
TX0	RX0	orange	15cm
RX0	TX0	yellow	15cm

Jumper configuration

GPS01B
USB	OFF
EXT.POWER	EXT
ANT.TYPE	Active

DATALOGER01A
SDVDD
POWER - BATERY

Relevant publications

• AIRDOS — open-source PIN diode airborne dosimeter
• CALIBRATION OF SILICON DETECTORS LIULIN AND AIRDOS USING COSMIC RAYS AND TIMEPIX FOR USE AT FLIGHT ALTITUDES