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@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ The application offers calibration tools to determine the exact ambient field wi
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These are both integrated into one application view, depicted in Figure \ref{fig:ambientcalibrationpure}.
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All the calibration tools require access to the complete Helmholtz cage hardware, as well as a magnetometer.
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These must be connected before starting the test.
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It is important that the magnetometer is centered as well as possible to achieve accurate results.
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For these tests, where the magnetometer itself is not the \gls{dut}, it is recommended to use the IRS's FGM3D reference magnetometer.
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Further, an adapter script (\code{fgm3d\_adapter.py}) already exists for this sensor.
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For more details on writing adapter scripts and connecting magnetometers, please refer to Section \ref{sec:tcp_api}.
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\subsubsection*{Magnetometer Calibration}
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\label{sec:magnetometer_calibration}
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The helmholtz control software supports calibrating magnetometers.
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In preparation, a calibration of the ambient field using the reference magnetometer (FGM3D) should be conducted beforehand to achieve accurate results.
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Afterwards, the magnetometer must be replaced with the \gls{dut}.
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Since the software only supports one magnetometer at once, the reference magnetometer (meaning: its adapter script) should be disabled beforehand.
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Tip: To mount CubeSat magnetometers a purpose built PC104 holder can be found in accompanyment of the Helmholtz cage.
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As the coordinate system of the Helmholtz Cage and the magnetometer may not match, there are two options that available.
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First, the calibration can be conducted as-is, and the calibration results will reflect the unexpected coordinate system by often yielding negative sensitivities and untypical sensor axis angles.
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These values are not invalid, but describe a sensor correction that would transform it into the Helmholtz coordinate system.
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With some work, the desired calibration parameters could be extracted mathematically by changing signs and adding or subtracting \SI{90}{\degree} increments.
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The second option would be to change the sensors orientation in software in the adapter script that is used.
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This yields a more expected set of calibration parameters, but these now do not describe the initial axes anymore.
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In this case, the parameters must be correlated back to their initial axes and angles must be negated if the axis was flipped.
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This common issue should be solved robustly in the control/calibration software in the future.
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\begin{figure}[h]
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\centering
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\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{media/magnetometer_calibration_pure}
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\label{fig:magcalibrationpure}
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\end{figure}
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The calibration method used (Zikmund \cite{ref:calibration_procedure_magnetometer_helmholtz_cage}) relies on a simplified error model and the Helmholtz test bench.
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After either measuring the local geomagnetic field or cancelling it, the magnetometer-under-test runs through a sequence of magnetic fields generated by the Helmholtz coils, which supplies sufficient data to solve a system of equations containing the coefficients of interest.
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The non-linear system is constructed with the equation below on a per-axis basis, with one row for every sample.
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\begin{equation*}
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B_{meas} = S \left( B_E \sin{\alpha_E} + B_x \cos{\alpha} \cos{\beta} + B_y \cos{\alpha} \sin{\beta} + B_z \sin{\alpha} \right)
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\end{equation*}
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The calibration procedure makes use of nearly equidistantly distributed vectors in all directions as test points.
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The number of these points, as well as the settle time before taking a measurement, can be set in the \gls{ui}.
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Generally, a high number of points, such as larger than 8, is recommended to achieve both an accurate result and also to get useful residual data.
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The meaning of the individual calibration coefficients can be derived from Zikmund \cite{ref:calibration_procedure_magnetometer_helmholtz_cage} or also the thesis accompanying the Helmholtz test bench \cite{ref:leons_test_bench}.
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After completing, the results of the calibration procedure will be saved into the data fields on the right hand side of Figure \ref{fig:magcalibrationpure}.
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This also enables the save buttons underneath.
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The ``Copy to clipboard'' will put the results table as shown in the \gls{ui} into the system clipboard, from which it can be pasted into software such as Microsoft Excel and LibreOffice Calc.
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If semi-raw experiment data is required to verify the program functioning or to apply custom algorithms, it can be exported with the ``Export raw CSV'' button.
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\subsubsection*{Data Logging Configuration Page}\label{sec:logging_guide}
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The application has the ability to log test bench data to a \gls{csv} file.
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The data is temporarily stored internally and must be saved to an external file by user request.
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author={Stier, Annika and Schweigert, Robin and Galla, Daniel and Lengowski, Michael and Klinkner, Sabine},
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year={2020},
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publisher={University of Leicester}
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}
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@inproceedings{ref:calibration_procedure_magnetometer_helmholtz_cage,
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author = {Zikmund, A. and Janosek, Michal},
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year = {2014},
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month = {05},
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pages = {473-476},
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title = {Calibration procedure for triaxial magnetometers without a compensating system or moving parts},
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isbn = {9781467363860},
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journal = {Conference Record - IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference},
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doi = {10.1109/I2MTC.2014.6860790}
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}
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@thesis{ref:leons_test_bench,
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author = {Leon Teichröb},
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title = {Mapping and Calibration of a Helmholtz Magnetic Field Cage and Test of the EIVE Attitude Control System},
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date = {2021},
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institution = {Institute for Space Systems (IRS), University of Stuttgart},
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location = {Stuttgart},
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}
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