Electrical Noise Location System
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Electrical Noise Location System
Drew Compston
Brandon Denney
Josh Gordon
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Background of Project
• Identify Angle of Arrival of AM Frequency RF• Display Information about Incident RF in GUI• Build Noise Sources to Test System
NoiseSource
Noise
Receiver
Computer:Displays GUI andCalculates AoA
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Motivation
• Q-Track Desires System for its QT-400
• QT-400 is an RTLS using NFER
• Operates in AM Frequencies
(Pictures from Q-Track User’s Guide Pamphlet, used with permission)
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Angle of Arrival Algorithm
• Use 2 Loop Antennas to Create Virtual Loop
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Angle of Arrival Algorithm
• Resolve Front-Back Ambiguity with Sense Antenna
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Graphical User Interface• Written in C#• Display Received RF Information in Waterfall Plot• Calculate Angle of Arrival
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Graphical User Interface
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Project Responsibilities
• Brandon– GUI Application– Integration with QT-400
• Drew– Angle of Arrival Algorithm
• Josh– Test Noise Source Realized Using Noise
Generator with Amplifier
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CostLecture Attendance
Weekly Meetings
Writing Reports
Development Total
3 hours/week 2 hours/week 3 hours/week 6 hours/week 14 hours/week
x$24/hour $336/week
x16 weeks $5,376
x3 engineers $16,128
Subtotal $16,128
Parts $100
Total $16,228