When the topic is radiation detection, thoughts turn naturally to the venerable Geiger-Müller tube. It’s been around for ages, Russian surplus tubes are available for next to nothing, and it’s easy to ...

The [Libelium] team wanted to help people in Japan measure radiation in their surroundings following the nuclear accident in Fukushima. Because of the affordability and seeming ubiquity of the Arduino ...

This application note discusses the design considerations, schematic and component selection to achieve a gamma-photon radiation detector. The design is composed of a PIN photodiode, four low-noise op ...