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AIRDOS02 - Airborne cosmic radiation dosimeter with GNSS receiver

Replaced with a more advanced version AIRDOS04.

AIRDOS02A back panel

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

AIRDOS02A flux rate measurement during aircraft flight

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

AIRDOS02A block diagram

PCRD04B - semiconductor detector circuit

AIRDOS02A - detektor schematics

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

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