We present the hardware of a cheap multi-sensor magnetometric setup, where a relatively large set of magnetic field components is measured in several positions by calibrated magnetoresistive detectors. The setup is developed to map the (inhomogeneous) field generated by a known magnetic source, which is measured and then discerned from the background (homogeneous) geomagnetic field. The data output from this hardware can be successfully and reliably used to retrieve the position and orientation of the magnetic source with respect to the sensor frame, together with the orientation of the frame with respect to the environmental field. Possible applications of the setup are briefly discussed, and a synthetic description of the methods of data elaboration and analysis is provided.

Biancalana, V., Cecchi, R., Chessa, P., Bevilacqua, G., Dancheva, Y., Vigilante, A. (2021). Fast, Cheap, and Scalable Magnetic Tracker with an Array of Magnetoresistors. INSTRUMENTS, 5(1) [10.3390/instruments5010003].

Fast, Cheap, and Scalable Magnetic Tracker with an Array of Magnetoresistors

Biancalana, Valerio
Project Administration
;
Cecchi, Roberto
Investigation
;
Chessa, Piero
Conceptualization
;
Bevilacqua, Giuseppe
Formal Analysis
;
Dancheva, Yordanka
Investigation
;
Vigilante, Antonio
Formal Analysis
2021-01-01

Abstract

We present the hardware of a cheap multi-sensor magnetometric setup, where a relatively large set of magnetic field components is measured in several positions by calibrated magnetoresistive detectors. The setup is developed to map the (inhomogeneous) field generated by a known magnetic source, which is measured and then discerned from the background (homogeneous) geomagnetic field. The data output from this hardware can be successfully and reliably used to retrieve the position and orientation of the magnetic source with respect to the sensor frame, together with the orientation of the frame with respect to the environmental field. Possible applications of the setup are briefly discussed, and a synthetic description of the methods of data elaboration and analysis is provided.
2021
Biancalana, V., Cecchi, R., Chessa, P., Bevilacqua, G., Dancheva, Y., Vigilante, A. (2021). Fast, Cheap, and Scalable Magnetic Tracker with an Array of Magnetoresistors. INSTRUMENTS, 5(1) [10.3390/instruments5010003].
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