  The AGILE (Advanced enerGetic Ion eLectron tElescope) project focuses on the
development of a compact low-cost space-based instrument to measure the
intensities of charged particles and ions in space. Using multiple layers of
fast silicon sensors and custom front-end electronics, the instrument is
designed for real-time particle identification of a large variety of elements
from H to Fe and spanning energies from 1 to 100 MeV per nucleon. The robust
method proposed in this work uses key defining features of electronic signals
generated by charged particles (ions) traveling through silicon layers to
reliably identify and characterize particles in situ. AGILE will use this
real-time pulse shape discrimination technique for the first time in space
based instrumentation.
