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Oliver Keller edited this page Oct 13, 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 how 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

    • Assembly Instructions - parts, tools, build instructions and troubleshooting
    • 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.
    • Enclosures - chose the right kind of metal box for your DIY particle detector
    • Soundcards - recommended low-cost USB soundcards, recording settings
    • Troubleshooting - debugging the detector after assembly

  • Taking detector data, recording and analysing measurements

    • Energy Spectra particle energy spectra and reference energy calibration
    • Oscilloscope Measurements great for checking if the detector works well
    • Software different kinds of freely available recording, analysing and simulation software

  • Supplementary material (mostly related to the paper)

  • Workshops

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.

Copyright Oliver Keller 2019-2020.
This documentation describes Open Hardware and is licensed under the CERN OHL v. 1.2.
You may redistribute and modify this documentation under the terms of the CERN OHL v. 1.2. (http://ohwr.org/cernohl).
This documentation is distributed WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY, INCLUDING OF MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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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