A low cost network of spectrometer radiation detectors based on the ArduSiPM a compact transportable Software/Hardware Data Acquisition system with Arduino DUE

TL;DR

This paper presents a low-cost, portable radiation detection system using Silicon Photomultipliers coupled with scintillators, built on an Arduino DUE platform for easy deployment and data acquisition.

Contribution

It introduces a cost-effective, easily replicable hardware/software module for SiPM-based radiation detection using the Arduino DUE and custom shield.

Findings

Demonstrates a functional prototype of a SiPM-based detector

Shows effective data acquisition via internet connectivity

Highlights low-cost and portability advantages

Abstract

The necessity to use Photo Multipliers (PM) as light detector limited in the past the use of crystals in radiation handled device preferring the Geiger approach. The Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPMs) are very small and cheap, solid photon detectors with good dynamic range and single photon detection capability, they are usable to supersede in some application cumbersome and difficult to use Photo Multipliers (PM). A SiPM can be coupled with a scintillator crystal to build efficient, small and solid radiation detector. A cost effective and easily replicable Hardware software module for SiPM detector readout is made using the ArduSiPM solution [1]. The ArduSiPM is an easily battery operable handled device using an Arduino DUE (an open Software/Hardware board) as processor board and a piggy-back custom designed board (ArduSiPM Shield), the Shield contains all the blocks features to monitor, set and acquire the SiPM using internet network.