Title :
A low power measurement system for the atmospheric electric field
Author :
Fort, Ada ; Mugnaini, Marco ; Vignoli, Valerio ; Rocchi, Santina ; Perini, Federico ; Monari, Jader ; Schiaffino, Marco ; Fiocchi, Franco
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Eng., Univ. of Siena, Siena, Italy
Abstract :
In this work an optimized version of the field-mill sensor structure for atmospheric electric field measurements is presented. Both the hardware components, i.e. the mechanical structure, the electronic front-end, the acquisition and control systems, and the data processing software, are optimized in order to reduce the power consumption and to enhance the instrument metrological performance in term of accuracy, sensitivity and frequency band.
Keywords :
electric field measurement; power consumption; acquisition system; atmospheric electric field measurement; data processing software; electronic front-end; field-mill sensor structure; low power measurement system; mechanical structure; power consumption; Atmospheric measurements; Control systems; Data processing; Electric variables measurement; Energy consumption; Hardware; Instruments; Mechanical sensors; Power measurement; Software performance; atmospheric electric field measurement; electric field monitoring; field mill;
Conference_Titel :
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC), 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Austin, TX
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2832-8
Electronic_ISBN :
1091-5281
DOI :
10.1109/IMTC.2010.5488152
