Hardware

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The hardware of our the lightning detection system consists of three components.

• Antenna System: The VLF-signals are received by wide-band H-field or E-field antennas
• Amplifier: A wide-band VLF-amplifier amplifies the antenna signal such that it can be further processed and analyzed.
• Controller: The controller digitize the signals and send them together with the reception time and reception location to our server.

The current hardware is called System BLUE. The first version of RED PCBs has been shipped to participants in (year and month of shipment?).

The previous hardware is called System RED. The first version of RED PCBs has been shipped to participants in July 2013. It has several advantages compared to the former System GREEN hardware.

The colors are simply for easier distinction between the systems. See (add link) for a comparison between old and new system.