My radiation detector is a http://www.sparkfun.com/products/9848. You can read a review here - http://www.best-geiger-counter.com/geiger-counter-kit.html It is about $150 we are working on a plan to get them available for less via bulk order.
It is supported by linux by default, plug it in, turn it on, cat /dev/ttyUSB0 and you are watching Geiger-Muller tube events. It does not have support for specific isotope monitoring other than coming with a removable protective filter on the tube end that blocks alpha particles. If you have any ideas for what information would be useful to provide from such a device, I'd appreciate it, as I'm currently specing out my radiation monitoring software. Julie On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 3:30 PM, [email protected] < [email protected]> wrote: > The point of my post here...Are there any resources for open-source > devices (hardware or apps) useful for setting up a radiation detection > and reporting station (for specific isotopes), and which could be > networked and info shared publicly? > > Any such "turnkey" devices available which could be networked? > > Or is the cost out of assembling and networking such a system beyond > even thinking about? > > On a related note...Oregon has announced an "Air Monitoring Station" > website. Currently shows daily report from Portland, Corvallis > and...Eureka. But no Eugene! > > > http://public.health.oregon.gov/Preparedness/CurrentHazards/Pages/DailyAirMonitoring.aspx > > Anyone aware if LRAPA or any other local government entities have > radiation detection capabilities in their air quality monitoring systems? > > We all understand background radiation exists. However some of us just > want to know about any nominal increases or decreases in overall > radiation levels, either in short term or long term, no matter the > source and no matter how one defines nominal or significance. > > And of course there are costs and benefits in everything we do, as > individuals and as a society. > > Please lets leave politics out of any discussion on this ;-) > > Silver > > > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug >
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