diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 0b1fe8a..0fd0314 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,16 +1,18 @@ # IoT Geiger Counter with ESP32, OLED Display and Thingspeak Channel +- Measures radioactive gamma and beta radiation with already quite good resolution at the typical low levels of the background radiation (due to the big STS-6 tube) +- Displays the current counts per minute (CPM), estimated dose equivalent rate in micro-Sievert per hour (µS/h) and 10 minutes history with 5 second resolution as bargraph +![Circuit Board](media/geiger-counter-pcb.jpg) - Low-power mode for use with batteries, OLED display and click sounds on, WiFi off - WiFi mode for thingspeak data upload every minute, see https://thingspeak.com/channels/758223 [![https://thingspeak.com/channels/758223](media/thingspeak.png)](https://thingspeak.com/channels/758223) -![Circuit Board](media/geiger-counter-pcb.jpg) Feel free to use this project as a base for your own projects AT YOUR OWN RISK! # Hardware - Russian Geiger counter tube STS-6 at 400 V with ~5 MΩ series resistor -- High voltage circuit from ArnoR at mikrocontroller.net https://www.mikrocontroller.net/topic/380666, schematic https://www.mikrocontroller.net/attachment/273334/HystereseStepUpTLC555-2.png. *Keep the high-voltage capacitor small to avoid dangerous charges!* +- High voltage circuit from ArnoR at mikrocontroller.net https://www.mikrocontroller.net/topic/380666, schematic https://www.mikrocontroller.net/attachment/273334/HystereseStepUpTLC555-2.png. *Keep the high-voltage capacitor small to avoid dangerous charges! For safety avoid any contact with the high voltage parts!* - ~400 µs pulse generation using Geiger tube series resistors as voltage divider, high impedance input to darlington transistor and TLC 555 timer for rectangle pulse generation - ESP32 board Wemos Lolin32 - OLED 128x64 with controller SH1106 at I2C