The STSM aims at contributing to the project carried out by COST Action TU1208 devoted to the development of an affordable frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) ground-penetrating radar (GPR). GPR allows obtaining images of objects concealed in dielectrically contrast media and has various technical and scientific applications. Creating a cheap GPR and introducing it into the educational process will promote a more wide use of this effective non-invasive and non-destructive technique. For this purpose, two GPR prototypes have been presented in the framework of COST Action TU1208 : a reconfigurable stepped-frequency and a FMCW radar. The FMCW GPR is being developed at Sapienza University of Rome, it combines cheapness with fine operating characteristics and a possibility of switching toward a large number of modulation patterns. This radar was also complemented by a positioning system combining inertial and GPS data and showing both low cost and adequate precision.In the FMCW GPR prototype frequency bandwidth is provided by means of a Voltage-Controlled Oscillator (VCO). To control the VCO, mbed NXP LPC1768 prototyping board based on ARM Cortex-M microcontroller was chosen. The radar modulation pattern is controlled on PC-side by sending signals through Universal Serial Bus (USB). The STSM focuses on increasing the control functionalities of the developed FMCW GPR, which includes implementing software for interactive choice of such radar functioning parameters as the 2 transmitted signal waveform, frequency boundaries and others. During the STSM it is also planned to develop a hardware program generating higher voltage supply, required by the VCO. The STSM applicant, Margarita Chizh works as junior researcher in the Remote Sensing Laboratory at the Bauman Moscow Technical University. In this Laboratory research in the field of microwave subsurface imaging and continuous-wave radar systems development is carried out. Margarita Chizh participated in a project supported by the Russian Science Foundation and dedicated to the development of a small-sized continuous-wave radar prototy
Invitation STSM researcher to take part in project of GPR development, COST Action TU1208 / Chizh, Margarita; Ferrara, Vincenzo. - (2017).
Invitation STSM researcher to take part in project of GPR development, COST Action TU1208
Vincenzo Ferrara
2017
Abstract
The STSM aims at contributing to the project carried out by COST Action TU1208 devoted to the development of an affordable frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) ground-penetrating radar (GPR). GPR allows obtaining images of objects concealed in dielectrically contrast media and has various technical and scientific applications. Creating a cheap GPR and introducing it into the educational process will promote a more wide use of this effective non-invasive and non-destructive technique. For this purpose, two GPR prototypes have been presented in the framework of COST Action TU1208 : a reconfigurable stepped-frequency and a FMCW radar. The FMCW GPR is being developed at Sapienza University of Rome, it combines cheapness with fine operating characteristics and a possibility of switching toward a large number of modulation patterns. This radar was also complemented by a positioning system combining inertial and GPS data and showing both low cost and adequate precision.In the FMCW GPR prototype frequency bandwidth is provided by means of a Voltage-Controlled Oscillator (VCO). To control the VCO, mbed NXP LPC1768 prototyping board based on ARM Cortex-M microcontroller was chosen. The radar modulation pattern is controlled on PC-side by sending signals through Universal Serial Bus (USB). The STSM focuses on increasing the control functionalities of the developed FMCW GPR, which includes implementing software for interactive choice of such radar functioning parameters as the 2 transmitted signal waveform, frequency boundaries and others. During the STSM it is also planned to develop a hardware program generating higher voltage supply, required by the VCO. The STSM applicant, Margarita Chizh works as junior researcher in the Remote Sensing Laboratory at the Bauman Moscow Technical University. In this Laboratory research in the field of microwave subsurface imaging and continuous-wave radar systems development is carried out. Margarita Chizh participated in a project supported by the Russian Science Foundation and dedicated to the development of a small-sized continuous-wave radar prototyI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
