WIRELESS SYSTEM FOR MEASUREMENT OF NATURAL BACKGROUND GAMMA RADIATION

Zoran Milan Petrusic, Igor Dusan Jovanovic, Ugljesa Zoran Jovanovic, Dragan Dimitrije Mancic

DOI Number
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First page
177
Last page
184

Abstract


In this paper a solution of wireless system for measurement of natural background gamma radiation using a commercial portable instrument GAMMA-SCOUT is presented. Since the GAMMA-SCOUT does not have factory built-in wireless communication it is necessary to upgrade its functionality by implementing an additional hardware module. Prototype of the module is based on a microcontroller Microchip PIC16F887 and RF transceiver Telit LE70-868. Structure and functionality of this hardware module are also presented in this paper in detail, as well as the experimental results obtained by the realized system.

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