{"id":219,"date":"2022-11-09T19:55:30","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T19:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rd-gammaspectra.xyz\/?p=219"},"modified":"2022-11-30T17:43:47","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T17:43:47","slug":"simple-geiger-mueller-tube-driver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rd-gammaspectra.xyz\/?p=219","title":{"rendered":"Simple Geiger-Mueller Tube driver"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There are many different geiger counter boards. The most common blue board is pretty cheap to get but it has a ton of components on it. It is not very compact and without having measured it, I think the current draw makes it not efficient at all to use with batteries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My goal was to make a more compact one with way less coponents that can be simply put on a 5V USB socket and work.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

My board is meant to work with any available 400V\/500V geiger-mueller tube. Besides of the USB it can also be powered with a Battery pack of 3V. A header for battery voltage can be found at the side and a MT3608 boost converter can be soldered to the bottom side. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Data\/Specs:
– Working Voltage Board: 5V
– Current draw: up to 20mA
– Tube Voltage: 400V\/500V (depends on number of Z-Diodes)
– silent mode: no
– Other Features: Digital output for Arduino\/Raspberry Pi or LED
– powered by USB 5V or batteries with boost converter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It turns out that the configuration is even more versatile than I initially thought. As i ran out of Inductors for the second build, I just took another value and edited the firmware accordingly. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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