Use a Cheap PIN Diode as a Geiger Counter After the Fukushima - TopicsExpress



          

Use a Cheap PIN Diode as a Geiger Counter After the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster, radiation measurement became newly relevant for a lot of people. Geiger-Müller tubes, previously a curiosity, became simultaneously important and scarce. Opengeiger.de (English-language version here) has complete instructions for making a Geiger counter without a Geiger-Müller tube. Instead, this counter uses a PIN photodiode and some carefully chosen operational amplifiers. The total cost of such a device is significantly cheaper than the alternative: under $1 for the diode and around $5 for the rest. And since the PIN photodiode in question is used in many other devices, it’s not a niche … Read the rest ift.tt/1DKRyYc
Posted on: Sat, 25 Oct 2014 08:19:50 +0000

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