Wilkes, T.C., McGonigle, A.J.S., Pering, T.D. et al. (4 more authors) (2016) Ultraviolet Imaging with Low Cost Smartphone Sensors: Development and Application of a Raspberry Pi-Based UV Camera. Sensors, 16 (10). 1649. ISSN 1424-3210
Abstract
Here, we report, for what we believe to be the first time, on the modification of a low cost sensor, designed for the smartphone camera market, to develop an ultraviolet (UV) camera system. This was achieved via adaptation of Raspberry Pi cameras, which are based on back-illuminated complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) sensors, and we demonstrated the utility of these devices for applications at wavelengths as low as 310 nm, by remotely sensing power station smokestack emissions in this spectral region. Given the very low cost of these units, ≈ USD 25, they are suitable for widespread proliferation in a variety of UV imaging applications, e.g., in atmospheric science, volcanology, forensics and surface smoothness measurements.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Keywords: | UV camera; UV imaging; smartphone sensor technology; sulphur dioxide emissions; Raspberry Pi; low-cost camera |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Geography (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number LEVERHULME TRUST (THE) RF-2016-580 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 10 Oct 2016 11:57 |
Last Modified: | 14 Nov 2018 11:10 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s16101649 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.3390/s16101649 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:105682 |