[IRF logo] [Space Plasma Physics Program at IRF-U]

LINDA Fact Sheet
 
Electronics boards (2) Size  177.5 x 122.1 mm
Booms (2) Weight incl. probe and cable 80 g per boom
  Retaining mech. Weight 20 g per boom
     
Spherical probes (2) Size  10 mm diameter
  Material  Titanium
  Surface treatment  TiN
     
Density signal, n Sampling frequency  16 Hz (512 Hz during sweep)
  Resolution  16 bits, 2 ranges (preamp lo/hi)
  Probe current limits  10-10  to 5  10-5 A
  Density limits  107 to 5  1012 m-3
  Low pass filter  8 Hz
     
Relative density signal, dn/n  Sampling frequency  8192 Hz
  Resolution 8, 10 or 12 bits
  Amplitude  Corresp to 0.01 - 50% of n
  Low pass filter 4 kHz
  High pass filter 10 Hz
     
Telemetry Average bit allocation to LINDA 16 kbits/s (out of 128)
  For 2 DC signals  0.5 kbits/s
  For 2 AC signals  15 kbit/s
  For status and others  0.5 kbits/s
  Buffer memory  <2 Mbytes
ASTRID-2
LINDA
INSTRUMENT
FACT SHEET
DATA