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After powering the GC on, you will hear the beeping of the piezo as
your SBT-9 GM tube picks up radiation events. The GREEN LED is
for radiation events and coincides with the beeping piezo which can
be muted with the mute switch. The RED LED will only light up when
a set alarm threshold is reached. The piezo for events is located
beneath contrast pot on the right side.
Switches:
1. SELECT Green momentary switch- does 2 things. When you first
power on the unit, you will see this first screen:
GEIGER!
v10.3
This customized first welcome window can be changed if you
want, by doing a little programming in Arduino. Refer to the DIY site
for directions at the SOFTWARE section. The second window will
show this:
85 RATE
5.10V
The first line refers to the conversion rate of CPM to uSv/hr for
the SBT-9 tube (85) this can be changed in the program sketch, with
Arduino which I will explain later. The second line refers to the
current voltage that your system is running at. This is a 5 volt system.
2 AA batteries are boosted to 5v with a booster. You can use
Alkaline, or nimh rechargeables. Everytime you start up your GC
(geiger counter) it will show you this so you will always know your
current voltage. The third window will show something like this:
Alarm ?
Now 200
At this point, you can hold down the SELECT button to
GEIGER BOT SUGGESTED SETTINGS: (You may have to play with it to get it just right) GO TO: https://sites.google.com/site/geigerbot/
Select options
SBT-9
Voltage of start of counting = 260...320V
Working voltage = 380V
Length of flat part of counting curve = 80V
Slope of flat part of counting curve = 0.125 %/V
Background noise at 25 OC = 0.15 pulses/sec
Working temperature = -45...+50 OC
Life = 1*1010 pulses
Weight = ~8.5 g
Diametr = 10mm
Length = 73mm
Adjust Conversion
factor to your tube:
123 for LND712
175 for SBM-20
360 for LND7317
Select I/O Settings
Ultrafast Rates ON
TOP
SELECT
POWER
SOUND
ALPHA
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GEIGER PAL
RADIATION DETECTOR
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270 OHM
RESISTOR
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Cap
5V Up/Down
Up/Down
BOOST
EEVENT
VENT
LED
1K OHM
RESISTOR
RESISTOR
56K OHM
RESISTOR
RESISTOR
MUL
MULTI-SOFT
TI-SOFTWARE
MULTI-SOFTWARE
OUTPUT PORT
AL
ARM
ALARM
LED
300 OHM
RESISTOR
RESISTOR
2
1
SOUND
4
3
NO CLICK
NO ALARM
CLICK &
CLICK &
NO ALRM
ALARM
6
5
OFF
CENTER
ON &
ON &
BKLT
BKLTT ON
BKL
NO BKLT
SELECT
ALARM
SCALER
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RADIATION
POCKET PAL
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SBT-9
ALARM
SELECT
POWER
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POWER
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