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Improved Radiation Meter — Improved!

a hardware update for the alpha, beta and gamma counter

Improved Radiation Meter — Improved!
Improved Radiation Meter — Improved!
Labs Project
Based on a Labs project | June 2019 | Find it here
Back in 2011 Elektor published an ingenious radiation meter that worked without a special, expensive and difficult to obtain Geiger-Müller tube. Author Burkhard Kainka, no stranger to faithful Elektor readers, showed beyond refute that a simple photodiode with some additional electronics was enough to show radiation. A few months after 'Fukushima', it was a hot topic.

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PCB

Components

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Component list

Components List

Resistors

All 5%, 0.25W, 250V

R1 = 1MΩ

R2 = 1kΩ

R3,R14 = 10MΩ

R4 = 4.7kΩ

R5,R7 = 10kΩ

R6,R8 = 330kΩ

R9 = 470Ω

R10,R12 = 220Ω

R11 = 100Ω

R13 = 5.6Ω

P1 = 10kΩ trimpot, horizontal

 

Capacitors

C1,C2,C3,C9 = 100nF, 50V, X7R, 0.2’’ pitch

C4,C5 = 47pF, 50V, C0G/NP0, 0.1’’ pitch

C6,C7 = 100µF, 50V, 3.5mm pitch, 8x11mm

C8 = 10µF, 50V, 2mm pitch, 5x11mm

 

Semiconductors

D1 = BPW34, straight

D2 = 1N4004

LED1 = 5mm diam.

T1 = BF256B

IC1 = ATMega88PA-PU (programmed, Elektor Store # 110538-41)

IC2 = LM358

IC3 = 78L05

 

Miscellaneous

Bz1 = piezo buzzer, 12mm, 1-3Vpp, 2.04kHz fres, 6.5mm

IC1 = IC socket, DIP-28 narrow

IC2 = IC socket, DIP-8

K1.K2 = 1x3 pinheader, straight, 0.1’’ pitch

K3 = 1x6 pinheader, straight, 0.1’’ pitch

K4 = 1x2 pinheader, straight, 0.1’’ pitch

K5 = 2x3 pinheader, straight, 0.1’’ pitch

K6 = 12V, 3A DC power connector, 1.95mm pin, (Lumberg NEB 21R)

LCD1 = LCD module, 2x16, Elektor Store # 120061-74 (+ 16-pin pinheader, straight, 0.1'' pitch)

Mounting material for LCD1

S1 = pushbutton, PCB mount, 6x6mm

S2 = slide switch, PCB mount, right angled, 0.1’’ pitch, (Würth Elektronik # 450302014072)

PCB no. 110538-1 v2.2

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