Major
Physics
Anticipated Graduation Year
2024
Access Type
Open Access
Abstract
This project describes our experience of building a UV Radiation Sensor using Arduino Unos. Over the course of the 2024 Spring semester, we worked in a group of three in the Advanced Physics Laboratory using readily available materials to build a UV sensor and measure the radiation on the LUC campus. We then compared our measured values to accepted values from the Weather Channel’s website. We also took measurements of the UV radiation across the partial (94% coverage) solar eclipse on LUC's campus.
Faculty Mentors & Instructors
Dr. Jon Bougie, Professor, Department of Physics
Creative Commons License
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UV Radiation Device: Measuring UV Index Across the Solar Eclipse
This project describes our experience of building a UV Radiation Sensor using Arduino Unos. Over the course of the 2024 Spring semester, we worked in a group of three in the Advanced Physics Laboratory using readily available materials to build a UV sensor and measure the radiation on the LUC campus. We then compared our measured values to accepted values from the Weather Channel’s website. We also took measurements of the UV radiation across the partial (94% coverage) solar eclipse on LUC's campus.