{"id":13576,"date":"2017-06-05T09:04:54","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T13:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/?p=13576"},"modified":"2017-06-05T09:04:54","modified_gmt":"2017-06-05T13:04:54","slug":"iot-enabled-background-radiation-monitoring-device","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/iot-enabled-background-radiation-monitoring-device\/","title":{"rendered":"IoT enabled background radiation monitoring device"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DIY Geiger counter projects are very popular among hobbyists. Geiger counters are used to detect beta particles and gamma rays radioactive emissions.They all use a Geiger-Muller (GM) tube, which is a glass\u00a0tube filled with an inert gas such as helium, neon, or argon at low pressure, to which a high voltage is applied. The tube becomes conductive of electricity when it is impacted by a high-energy particle or photon. We have seen radiation monitor builds before based on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/diy-geiger-counter-using-555\/\" target=\"_blank\">555 Timer<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0IC and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/esp8266-powered-geiger-counter\/\" target=\"_blank\">ESP8266<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0<strong>Brett Oliver<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/Arduino-Background-Radiation-Monitor-With-7-Segmen\/\" target=\"_blank\">IoT enabled Radiation Monitor<\/a><\/strong> is Arduino-based and WiFi-enabled using\u00a0ESP8266 and it continuously monitor the surrounding\u00a0radiation and\u00a0log the data to Radmon, ThingSpeak and Sparkfun.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Features<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>24\/7 logging of background radiation to Radmon, Thingspeak and Sparkfun<\/li>\n<li>Dual processors Arduino 328 for Geiger Counter and ESP8266 (Arduino core) for WIFI logging<\/li>\n<li>LCD Display for setup and Radiation monitoring<\/li>\n<li>IR remote control of setup functions and 7 segment display brightness<\/li>\n<li>OLED display of logging and WIFI connection<\/li>\n<li>Dual 8 digit 7 segment displays to show current CPM, Dose, Ave Dose and PK CPM<\/li>\n<li>PIR activated of 7 segment displays to keep running costs down<\/li>\n<li>Modular design minimal soldering required<\/li>\n<li>Secondary LED display of detected radiation<\/li>\n<li>Local temperature and Humidity logged<\/li>\n<li>Rain sensor logged to ThingSpeak using an add on rain sensor can be used for alarm sensing instead if required<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_13577\" style=\"width: 841px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/RadMonitor.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13577\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13577\" src=\"http:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/RadMonitor.jpg\" alt=\"Radiation monitoring system using Arduino and ESP8266\" width=\"831\" height=\"829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/RadMonitor.jpg 831w, https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/RadMonitor-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/RadMonitor-580x579.jpg 580w, https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/RadMonitor-90x90.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 831px) 100vw, 831px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13577\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Radiation monitoring system using Arduino and ESP8266<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DIY Geiger counter projects are very popular among hobbyists. Geiger counters are used to detect beta particles and gamma rays radioactive emissions.They all use a Geiger-Muller (GM) tube, which is a glass\u00a0tube filled with an inert gas such as helium, neon, or argon at low pressure, to which a high voltage is applied. The tube becomes conductive of electricity when it is impacted by a high-energy particle or photon. We have seen radiation monitor builds before based on 555 Timer\u00a0IC and ESP8266.\u00a0Brett Oliver&#8216;s IoT enabled Radiation Monitor is Arduino-based and WiFi-enabled using\u00a0ESP8266 and it continuously monitor the surrounding\u00a0radiation and\u00a0log the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13577,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150,1044],"tags":[1681,1680],"class_list":["post-13576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arduino-2","category-esp8266","tag-arduino-esp8266","tag-radiation-monitor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13576"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13578,"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13576\/revisions\/13578"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}