The invention discloses a
lightning intensity measuring device and method. The
lightning intensity measuring device comprises an alternating power supply, a planar antenna, an
induction coil, a filter circuit, a
broadband conditioning amplifying circuit, a sampling circuit, an FPGA kernel and a VGA information display module; the planar antenna comprises two
copper plates which are parallel to each other, are horizontally arranged and are used for receiving changing
electric field signals; the
induction coil collects a
magnetic field signal generated by the variable
electric field and then outputs a tiny
voltage signal; and the
induction coil is sequentially connected with the filter circuit, the
broadband conditioning amplification circuit and the sampling circuit and is used for inputting a
voltage signal subjected to high-frequency component filtering and amplification into the sampling circuit for acquisition, transmitting the sampled
voltage signal into the FPGA kernel for
processing and displaying processed voltage data through the VGA information display module, and the alternating power supply is used for providing an analog voltage signal. According to the invention, the change of an atmospheric
electric field can be measured according to the electrical and magnetic characteristics of
lightning at different stages, and the high-altitude lightning intensity is reflected by the detected lightning intensity, so that monitoring and prevention are carried out.