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Table 3 Continuous-mode data from the EFD system

From: Wire Probe Antenna (WPT) and Electric Field Detector (EFD) of Plasma Wave Experiment (PWE) aboard the Arase satellite: specifications and initial evaluation results

Data

Rate (bps)

Electric field: waveform

64 Hz × 16 bit x 2 ch (u and v) [Apoapsis mode] or 256 Hz × 16 bit × 2 ch (u and v) [Periapsis mode]

2048 or 8192

Electric field: spectrum

1 Hz × 8 bit × 100 ch (1–224 Hz, v or u)

800

Potential

8 Hz × 8 bit × 4 ch (u1, u2, v1, v2)

256

Electric field: waveform

128 Hz × 16 bit × 2 ch (u and v) (when E-field waveform close to saturation)

(+ 4096)

Total [Apoapsis] [Periapsis] (when E-field close to saturation)

3104 or 9248 (+ 4096)