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by Atomic.dave Atomic.Dave@yahoo.com
This is a one of a kind custom hand-made Geiger Counter built by Atomic.Dave. It is based on a kit designed by John Giametti (username: Brohogan) I have been building his DIY Geiger counters for over two years having built and sold around 60 of them. All information for this kit is available at the developers website. As I have said before, this is more of a kit for someone who knows a little bit about electronics but doesnt have the time or patience to build it, or would rather someone else do all the dirty work. Having been built by me, of course there will be some imperfections, although as minimal as possible. This particular one is a culmination of all of its predecessors. It is certainly one of my more advanced kits having more options then all accept the Cadillac, and I will do my best to explain how to use it. Once you have used it a couple times, it will be a piece of cake. OPERATION Four Triple Pole switches- ALL OFF IN CENTER POSITION. SELECT ALARM UP THRESHOLD MIDDLE TIMER DOWN POWER PWR/CHRG ON OFF CHARGE LIGHT LED/BKLT ON/ON OFF ON/OFF SOUND SPEAKER TONE OFF CLICK ALARM LED/SND ON/ON OFF ON/OFF NULL TONE RESET
A. SELECT switch does 2 things. When you first power on the unit, you will see first
B. Below the contrast pot on the same side is the output multi-port used for Geiger Bot (with the included G-Bot cable), and for Geiger Graph and RAD OSX (with the optional USB/FTDI cable) Just plug in the Geiger Bot cable into this with the 3 conductor plug, and the 4 conductor into your iphone or ipad. Or plug the optional 3.5mm to USB cable into the port, and into a USB on your mac or PC, then follow instructions to run those programs. It also serves as an mono audio output for silent listening with headphones, or with the included 3 conductor to 3 conductor M-M audio cable, you can run sound based data logging software. C. On the right side of the GC is the Mini USB FTDI output/input for programming in Arduino. This also is used to charge the internal Lithium Ion battery (with the power switch in the bottom position.) Or it can be used to power the GC for extended periods, however when you power it this way, I would advise to turn off the LCD backlight. But its ok to turn it on once in a while, but I wouldnt leave it on for extended periods. When uploading any new changes to the program sketch, you will need to have this switch in the up position white it is plugged into your pc with the USB cable. DISPLAY BAR GRAPH: The display has a new bar graph style with placeholders and is much more responsive. It now updates 20 times per second. The tone is also updated at this rate when used. Auto-precision - decimals are dropped from the displayed dose rate as it gets larger. Beginning with v10.1 the LOG PERIOD can now be set to intervals of less than 1 minute. Valid settings are OFF, 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, 6s, 10s, 12s, 15s, 20s, 30s, and 1 minute intervals up to 720 minutes. "Tube Select" is still supported where grounding I/O pin 9 will use an alternate ratio for CPM to Dose unit. The CPM>DOSE RATIO in the menu will set and save which ever ratio is selected at the time it's used. This allows setting of both the primary and alternate ratios. ABOUT DOSE UNITS: The menu allows you select the name of the dose unit that appears on the display. However, to be clear, there is no built in conversion between them. Instead the CPM->[DOSE] RATIO is adjusted depending on the name of the DOSE UNIT selected. For example, 175.43 is the default set for the SBM-20 with uSv as the dose unit. Suppose you pick "mR" as the dose unit name, and want to measure in milirems. ("mR" more correctly abbreviates as milliroentgens but is used to save display space.) The rem is defined as .01 seivert. Therefore, to use the same ratio that was designed for the tube, you would multiply that ratio by 10. You would enter a CPM->[DOSE] RATIO as 175.43 x 10 or 1754.3. Likewise if you wanted microrems ("uR") you would divide the ratio by 10 and enter 17.54. If you do want to use roentgens (used in older instruments) this source states that they are .96 rem in soft tissue. So the CPM->[DOSE] RATIO for actual mR would be 175.43 x 10 x .96 or 1684.1. (for uR it would be 16.84) PLEASE REFER TO THE DIY GEIGER COUNTER DEVELOPERS WEBSITE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
Select options
Adjust Conversion factor to your tube: 123 for LND712 175 for SBM-20 360 for LND7317 Select I/O Settings
Auto Adjust OFF (you may need to play with this setting) RMS Window 1 Delay Window 30 Volume Thresh 20000
Ultrafast Rates ON
HARDWARE 1. DIY Geiger counter kit V5.1 by Brohogan, Running operating system 10.1 2. (2) SBM-20 Geiger Muller Tubes 3. Power System by Seeeduino, Sparkfun and Pololu (please charge the unit until the RED light goes out) A. You can power the Geiger in a couple different ways 1. With internal Lipo battery (Power switch in UP position) 2. With PWR switch OFF (middle), USB cable plugged into USB port on RIGHT side of geiger, USB PWR switch on right side of unit switched UP, then plug USB cable into: a. Computer or laptop USB b. Wall charger block (included) c. Standard 5v USB Cigarette adapter d. To power and operate the unit this way for long periods, TURN OFF BACKLIGHT
POWER and OTHER SYSTEM ITEMS: This system is capable of producing 900+ volts, so be careful or you may get zapped when handling the system while it is powered on. A. Seeeduino Lithium Ion battery - 3.7v 3000mAh http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/lithium-ion-polymer-battery-pack-3a-p-588.html?cPath=178_183 Full recharge in 3 hours, provides approximately 40 hour constant use of geiger counter with backlight off. Charge with PC/USB will take about 5 hours or more. B. USB Lithium Polymer battery charger https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10401 C. Pololu 5V Step-Up/Step-Down Voltage Regulator S7V7F5 http://www.pololu.com/catalog/product/2119 D. Sparkfun 5V FTDI Basic Breakout https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9716 ENCLOSURE Dimensions: New Age Enclosure - S784114 - 7.8" x 4.1" x 1.4" (not including handle or feet) http://www.newageenclosures.com/files/784114_r5_2.pdf REPAIRS: If the unit fails for some reason with a year from purchase, I will be more than happy to do any maintenance you need at no charge except shipping. PACKAGE CONTENTS: In your package you will find: Geiger Counter, (3) Cables: Geiger bot 3 to 4 conductor, Audio 3 to 3 conductor, Mini USB to standard USB2 with wall charger. CD with software and documents, Manual, RAD sticker, and extra faceplate labels. Rad samples upon request provided in micro lead pig.
SBM-20
HARD BETA and GAMMA GM DETECTOR Specifications
GENERAL Gas Filling Cathode Material Maximum Length (mm) Effective Length (mm) Maximum Diameter (mm) Effective Diameter (mm) Connector Operating Temperature Range 0C WALL Areal Density (mg/cm2) Thickness (mm) Ne + Br2 + Ar Stainless Steel, 50 mkm 108 91.0 11 10 Pin -60 to +70 ELECTRICAL Minimum Anode Resistor (meg ohm) Recommended Anode Resistor (meg ohm) Recommended Operating Voltage (volts) Operating Voltage Range (volts) Initial voltage (volts) Plateau length (volts) Maximum Plateau Slope (%/100 volts) Minimum Dead Time (at U=400V, micro sec) Working range (mkR/s) Working range (mR/h) Gamma Sensitivity Ra226 (cps/mR/hr) Gamma Sensitivity Co60 (cps/mR/hr) Inherent counter background (cps) Tube Capacitance (pf) Life (pulses) Weight (grams) 1.0 5.1 400 350 - 475 260 - 320 at least 100 10 190 0.004 - 40 0.014 - 144 29 22 1 4.2 at least 2*1010 10
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