Project: Tube Detector Array 3 rings - OUWECAD/MOWE GitHub Wiki
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Project Description
In this project, I demonstrate how MOWE modules can be used to create complex arrays with unusual odd-shapes or configurations that allow for innovative applications. The device, shown below, consists of three consecutive detector rings, where detectors are assembled inwards. This design allows detectors to monitor the FoV inside each ring from almost any direction in the ring plain (actually from eight equally spaced directions.) Each ring provides continuous object tracking in its own vertical plain and the collection of rings provides discrete object tracking across the horizontal plain. The rings are linked together via two modules that are used only to pass data, effectively acting as wires with some delay. Each ring has eight detectors and measures approximately 70mm in diameter. Ring-to-ring separation is approximately 50mm. The array showed a maximum scan rate of 1300Hz in experiments.
Serial port baudrate should be set to 3000000 and data is read from module 1. The array topology is available in the subfolder /Firmware/Inc/tube_rx.h. The Matlab file Tube.m is used to read and analyze captured data offline.
