Studies and modeling of the impact of natural UV irradiation on the human population are of significant importance for human activity and economics. This paper highlights the development and initial validation of portable embedded devices for UV-A, UV-B, UV-C monitoring which are based on an open-source software architecture, narrow bandpass UV sensors, and the popular Arduino controllers.

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Sensors, Computer software
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