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Oliver Keller edited this page Jun 21, 2020 · 29 revisions

This wiki will gradually feature more details on building as well as operating the detectors.

For a general overview please refer to the main readme.
For scientific background on the physics of the diode sensors and why it works, please have a look at the corresponding paper.

Please post your own builds online and ping me such that I can add them to the Gallery! 😀

Wiki Overview

  • Hardware/Electronics

    • Enclosures - chose the right kind of metal box for your DIY particle detector
    • Batteries - rechargeable 9 V NIMH accumulators are recommended
    • Cables connecting the signal output to a soundcard or a smartphone's/laptop's headset socket
    • Diodes (different types of PIN photodiodes, blocking of radiation/light etc.)
    • Soundcards (recommended low-cost USB soundcards, recording settings)

  • Analysing the measurement data

    • Energy-Spectra comparing measurements with simulations (useful for checking alpha particle energies)

  • Supplementary material (mostly related to the paper)

If you read German, a thread is ongoing with some more background info on the mikrocontroller.net forum. But please post new issues rather here, if you are OK with English.

The hardware design and documentation in this Wiki are licensed under the CERN Open Hardware License v1.2. Please refer to the usage guidelines of the license for further details. The software is provided under the terms of the BSD license.
General project overview in main readme, scientific background in corresponding paper.

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