A backup copy of an imaging instrument that launched into space in 1997 is getting its chance to fly. The Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station on ...

Question: Does an automated surface observation system (ASOS) have a built-in lightning detection system? Without an observer, how does it know to add a thunderstorm (TS), thunderstorms in the ...

UNTERPREMSTAETTEN, Austria--(BUSINESS WIRE)--austriamicrosystems (SIX:AMS), a leading global designer and manufacturer of high performance analog ICs, today introduced the world’s first lightning ...

Digi-Key, in collaboration with AustriaMicrosystems, presents a Product Training Module (PTM) for AS3935 Franklin Lightning Sensor. This PTM discusses the sensor’s features and applications. This also ...

Keeping a spare on hand simply makes sense. Just as drivers keep spare tires on hand to replace a flat or blowout, NASA routinely maintains "spares," too. These flight hardware backups allow NASA to ...

Watch Digi-Key’s Chris Baird describe the AS3935 Lightning Sensor by AMS. The Lightning Sensor features self-tuning antenna circuits, built in algorithm and software programmable gain. The AS3935 can ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX is gearing up to launch its 10th commercial cargo mission on Saturday morning (Feb. 18), ferrying supplies and an assortment of science investigations to the ...

Team Tahmo has a plan to put a network of 20,000 weather stations across sub-Saharan Africa. That’s an impressive goal, and already they have pilot stations in Senegal, Chad, Nigeria, Uganda, and ...

Whenever Florida State University meteorology professor Henry Fuelberg is at home and there’s a thunderstorm, he likes to sit in a rocking chair on his covered front porch, watching the lightning and ...

Fig. 1: The Franklin Lightning Sensor evaluation kit. Summer is prime time for thunderstorms. Broadcast engineer Ron Gnadinger has come across a great tool for RF tower engineers. It’s the AS3935-DB.