A Microcomputer-based GNSS Scintillation Monitor using Low-Cost Receiver
We improve upon previous low-cost radio scintillation monitor designs by implementing onboard processing and display capabilities to produce a more comprehensive device. The proposed design uses a U-blox EVK-6T’s GPS receiver, providing data updates at a rate of 1Hz, and a Raspberry Pi 4. The RPi ca...
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| author | Orongan Manuel Allan Deleña Miemarc John Macalalad Ernest Marloun Sejera Hsiao Tung Yuan |
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| description | We improve upon previous low-cost radio scintillation monitor designs by implementing onboard processing and display capabilities to produce a more comprehensive device. The proposed design uses a U-blox EVK-6T’s GPS receiver, providing data updates at a rate of 1Hz, and a Raspberry Pi 4. The RPi calculates the S4c index with both a three-minute and a five-minute duration, then saves all the raw data and S4c values onto a locally stored CSV file. The proposed design has been successfully implemented, having been able to log all raw and calculated data and display the three-minute and five-minute S4c values on a plot with a temporal range from 00 UT to 24 UT. In addition to these features, we successfully validate the accuracy of our low-cost radio scintillation monitor by finding a high correlation between its C/No output to that of a high-rate receiver when performing simultaneous measurements from the same receiving antenna. The S4c values calculated from these C/No measurements also proved to be accurate as they demonstrated moderate correlation on non-scintillated days and high correlation on scintillated days. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-942d2def24f346fc8d25f45f9d3819fe2025-01-16T11:22:27ZengEDP SciencesE3S Web of Conferences2267-12422024-01-015990100810.1051/e3sconf/202459901008e3sconf_staclim2024_01008A Microcomputer-based GNSS Scintillation Monitor using Low-Cost ReceiverOrongan Manuel Allan0Deleña Miemarc John1Macalalad Ernest2Marloun Sejera3Hsiao Tung Yuan4School of Electrical, Electronics, and Computer Engineering, Mapúa UniversitySchool of Electrical, Electronics, and Computer Engineering, Mapúa UniversityDepartment of Physics, Mapúa UniversitySchool of Electrical, Electronics, and Computer Engineering, Mapúa UniversityNational Tsing Hua UniversityWe improve upon previous low-cost radio scintillation monitor designs by implementing onboard processing and display capabilities to produce a more comprehensive device. The proposed design uses a U-blox EVK-6T’s GPS receiver, providing data updates at a rate of 1Hz, and a Raspberry Pi 4. The RPi calculates the S4c index with both a three-minute and a five-minute duration, then saves all the raw data and S4c values onto a locally stored CSV file. The proposed design has been successfully implemented, having been able to log all raw and calculated data and display the three-minute and five-minute S4c values on a plot with a temporal range from 00 UT to 24 UT. In addition to these features, we successfully validate the accuracy of our low-cost radio scintillation monitor by finding a high correlation between its C/No output to that of a high-rate receiver when performing simultaneous measurements from the same receiving antenna. The S4c values calculated from these C/No measurements also proved to be accurate as they demonstrated moderate correlation on non-scintillated days and high correlation on scintillated days.https://www.e3s-conferences.org/articles/e3sconf/pdf/2024/129/e3sconf_staclim2024_01008.pdf |
| spellingShingle | Orongan Manuel Allan Deleña Miemarc John Macalalad Ernest Marloun Sejera Hsiao Tung Yuan A Microcomputer-based GNSS Scintillation Monitor using Low-Cost Receiver E3S Web of Conferences |
| title | A Microcomputer-based GNSS Scintillation Monitor using Low-Cost Receiver |
| title_full | A Microcomputer-based GNSS Scintillation Monitor using Low-Cost Receiver |
| title_fullStr | A Microcomputer-based GNSS Scintillation Monitor using Low-Cost Receiver |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Microcomputer-based GNSS Scintillation Monitor using Low-Cost Receiver |
| title_short | A Microcomputer-based GNSS Scintillation Monitor using Low-Cost Receiver |
| title_sort | microcomputer based gnss scintillation monitor using low cost receiver |
| url | https://www.e3s-conferences.org/articles/e3sconf/pdf/2024/129/e3sconf_staclim2024_01008.pdf |
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