AIRDOS02 - Airborne cosmic radiation dosimeter with GNSS receiver

Replaced with a more advanced version AIRDOS04.

Cosmic radiation dosimeter and spectrometer 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 44 mm³ detection volume
• Measurement endurance up to 200 days with two LS33600 battery cells
• Number of energy channels 248
• Energy measurement resolution <60 keV/channel
• GPS logging interval of 10 minutes or more.
• Time to GPS fix 26 s
• Airborne GPS parameters (navigation altitude verified up to 36 km a.m.s.l.)
• Radiation spectra integration time 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