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Nuclear radiation sensor with photodiode as a detector. Photodiode doesn't require high voltages as GM tubes do. Smaller size makes better resolution. Side effect is electronic must be more sensitive.

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SemiconductorRadioactivityDetector

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Summary

There are many ways to measure radioactivity level, semiconductor detectors sense interactions between ionizing radiation and p-n junction. Because in hobbyist area most popular are Geiger-Muller based detectors (in short: not a semiconductor but lamp based devices), I think it's a cool idea to take a look at this approach.

sensor viewed from the inside

System architecture

HardwareDataLogger is a simple pulse counter based on NUCLEO-F091RC with additional shield (for real-time data display using LCD).

Hardware

PCB project was done in KiCAD.

Software