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Technical note. Geiger counter at low temperatures – the work of a DIY module

A project log for GGreg20_V3 Ionizing Radiation Detector

The GGreg20_V3 Ionizing Radiation Detector is a new-generation ready-to-use device with an SBM-20 Geiger tube and pulse counting output

iot-devices-llcIoT-devices, LLC 07/18/2023 at 18:410 Comments

We wondered at @IoT-devices, LLC  what would happen if we took our DIY Geiger counter module - #GGreg20_V3 Ionizing Radiation Detector and put it in a freezer with a target temperature of -23 Celsius together with the ESP32 controller.

Will our sensor work at such a low temperature? Will we see any failures or deviations in the radiation sensor measurements?

My colleagues and I were betting that sooner or later we would get False-Positive pulses at the ESP32 input during strong cooling.

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https://iot-devices.com.ua/en/technical_note_performance_of_diy_geiger_counter_ggreg20_v3_at_low_-temperatures/

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