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-[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geiger_counter|Geiger counters]] are basically just devices which enable us to measure [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation|ionizing radiation]]. In the context of human activity we have to deal with natural radiation sources and artificial ones. Some of the materials emitting ionizing radiation are used to create electricity, others were used to stockpile thermonuclear bombs, so many could get scared and a few could get rich. But how do we deal with some thing we cannot actually see, hear, feel, smell or taste? Exactly! We just don't think about it. We never perceive it as potentially dangerous to our health until an accident happens and someone with a geiger-counter we have to trust can tell us how sunny the "weather" is.+[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geiger_counter|Geiger counters]] are basically just devices which enable us to measure [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation|ionizing radiation]]. In the context of human activity we have to deal with "natural" radiation sources and "artificial" ones. Some of the materials emitting ionizing radiation are used for medicinal purposes (Radiation-Therapy), as an additive in paint and even in smoke-detectors but the majority of it is used to create electricity in nuclear power plants and to stockpile thermonuclear weapons of mass destruction (well, except in iraq, as we all know), so many could get scared and a few could get rich. 
 + 
 +{{:lab:eu-nuclear-reactor-sites-and-problems.jpg|EU Nuclear Reactor Sites and recent problems}} 
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 +Source and more detail with per site incident information on this mashup:  
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 +https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1JvNHsKIGS2e2SY0qmlhMUfzY0mQ 
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 +But how do we deal with something we cannot actually see, hear, feel, smell or taste? Exactly! We just don't think about it. We never perceive it as potentially dangerous to our health until an accident happens and we have to find someone with a geiger-counter, we have to trust, who can tell us how sunny the "weather" is? Better we do it ourselves, so that we can independently get all relevant realtime and historic metrics in a decentralized p2p system, with a far lower risk of getting tainted/biased/wrong/no data, especially when we as people really need it.
  
 That should be in common rational awareness instead of ignorance or fear. Just like rain. We all know rain is neither good nor bad. It's just rain. And when we stay out too long in the rain without the appropriate protective clothing, we might get soaked so bad, that we might get sick. Our brain determines our maximum allowed in-rain time and the level of protective gear we need to repel the rain so we just visually perceive how many rain drops we see and how big they are. That gives us the freedom to decide whether to stay indoors or to wear some form of raincoat or just to risk it. That should be in common rational awareness instead of ignorance or fear. Just like rain. We all know rain is neither good nor bad. It's just rain. And when we stay out too long in the rain without the appropriate protective clothing, we might get soaked so bad, that we might get sick. Our brain determines our maximum allowed in-rain time and the level of protective gear we need to repel the rain so we just visually perceive how many rain drops we see and how big they are. That gives us the freedom to decide whether to stay indoors or to wear some form of raincoat or just to risk it.
  
-Unfortunately our body won't help us with detecting ionizing radiation (although it can [[http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/nuclear/radevents/2010INDA1.html|suffer badly]] from it) but that's where geiger counters come back in: They let us "see" the radiation levels and therefore give us the freedom to decide if and how we want to go on. +Unfortunately our body won't help us with detecting ionizing radiation (although it can [[http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/nuclear/radevents/2010INDA1.html|suffer badly]] from it). Lost sources and depleted uranium shells, that irradiate uncontrolled, are as much a real problem as reactor incidents or catastrophic accidents like Chernobyl or Fukushima. Not to mention future generations, which will have to deal with the long term nuclear waste deposition. But that's where geiger counters come back in: They let us "see" radiation levels and therefore give us the freedom to decide if and how we want to go on as safely as possible. 
  
 After the recent nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan a lot of people started to realize this and began to develop, build and buy geiger counters and geiger counter kits. Many share their local radiation levels through social networks and simple maps, just like a rain radar (e.g [[http://blog.safecast.org]]).  After the recent nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan a lot of people started to realize this and began to develop, build and buy geiger counters and geiger counter kits. Many share their local radiation levels through social networks and simple maps, just like a rain radar (e.g [[http://blog.safecast.org]]). 
  
-This would also be a great metric to collect for [[lab:argus]] and to display the data as an overlay in [[lab:dspace]].+This would also be a great metric to collect for [[lab:argus]] and to display the data as an overlay in [[lab:dspace]]. Now imagine hundreds of these cheap solutions spread all over the world and sharing the metrics with one another to get a global Open Radiation Monitoring (ORM) network. 
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 +{{:lab:orm_new_dark_web.svg|Open Radiation Monitoring}}
 ===== PiGI Module ===== ===== PiGI Module =====
  
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   * ATMegas   * ATMegas
   * PICs   * PICs
 +  * Spark-Cores
   * Other embedded Linux ARM/MIPS systems with GPIO Inputs (Netus G20 etc.)   * Other embedded Linux ARM/MIPS systems with GPIO Inputs (Netus G20 etc.)
  
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 ===== Software ===== ===== Software =====
  
-Right now there is only some prove-of-concept code in the git repo. It demonstrates the basic counting principle and effectively makes a (somewhat) usable geiger counter. Hopefully when more time is available or more people join the project we can quickly come down to offer downloadable image files that just have to be copied to the Pi. But for now, there is just the basics in the [[lab:pigi:software|PiGI software section]]+We've invested a couple of days into the new geiger counter software. Even though it is only in an early rough state it is already fun to work with. It's implemented as a full mobile-first HTML5/CSS3 Websocket based web application, than can be used in latest chromium & firefox browser. You can learn more about it in the [[lab:pigi:software|software section]] 
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 +==== Preliminary Screenshots ==== 
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 +[{{:lab:webgi-mainpanel.jpg?185|Main Instrument View}}] 
 +[{{:lab:webgi-historypanel.jpg?183|History View}}] 
 +[{{:lab:webgi-tracevisualizer.jpg?185|Ion Trace Visualizer}}] 
 + 
 +~~CL~~\\ 
 + 
 +==== Implemented features ==== 
 + 
 +  * Live Status 
 +  * Live (15min/60min/24h) Graphs 
 +  * Analog gauge 
 +  * Ion Trace Visualizer 
 +  * History 
 +  * Tick Simulator (For show and development) 
 +  * Hardware RNG entropy generator 
 + 
  
-However, since it has become very easy to produce and share open-source software, it's only a matter of time until more software will be available. 
  
 ===== Status / History ===== ===== Status / History =====
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 | 2013-06-23 | Updated + Added V1.0 board images | | 2013-06-23 | Updated + Added V1.0 board images |
 | 2013-07-25 | [[mission:log:2013:07:25:pigi-crowdfunding-and-production-using-ovep|Pre-production planning]] | | 2013-07-25 | [[mission:log:2013:07:25:pigi-crowdfunding-and-production-using-ovep|Pre-production planning]] |
-| 2012-08-04 | Indiegogo.com campaign drafting has begun | +| 2013-08-04 | Indiegogo.com campaign drafting has begun | 
-| 2012-08-09 | Selected CERN OHL 1.1 as licence for now | +| 2013-08-09 | Selected CERN OHL 1.1 as licence for now | 
 +| 2014-02-08 | [[mission:log:2014:02:08:playing-with-my-pigi-jamest42]] | 
 +| 2014-03-04 | [[mission:log:2014:03:04:pigi-software-hackathon]] | 
 +| 2014-06-13 | [[mission:log:2014:06:13:generating-entropy-from-radioactive-decay-with-pigi]] | 
 +| 2014-06-28 | [[mission:log:2014:07:01:more-pigi-geiger-counter-prototype-boards]] | 
 +| 2014-10-15 | Added PiGI Longterm Test Data to [[https://apollo.open-resource.org/flight-control/vfcc/#/dashboard/db/aquarius-hab-environment-indoor|VFCC Dashboard]] (ORM Precursor)| 
 +| 2016-03-21 | [[lab:pigi:hardware#comment_133d37dd52a9a086b445b3c9c3fb6794|More PiGI PCBs available]] through small-scale crowdsourcing |  
 +| 2016-12-13 | PiGI adopted & deployed @ [[https://tdrm.fiff.de/messtechnik.php]] | 
 +| 2016-12-19 | Re-added missing C5 (330pf - 0805) to mouser BOM |
 Next steps: Next steps:
  
-  * Solder more prototypes 
-  * Document more stuff 
-  * Make more pictures/videos about it 
-  * Give away some prototype boards to interested people who want to play with it and develop more/better software 
   * Run a crowd funding campaign   * Run a crowd funding campaign
 +  * Get adafruit or seeedstudio to produce, sell & ship PiGI's for a fair price (You could help by sending them a note with your interest and link to this page, so that they know there is demand)
 ===== Repos ===== ===== Repos =====
  
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 ~~DISCUSSION~~ ~~DISCUSSION~~
  
-{{tag>pigi raspberry pi geigercounter radiation power hack}}+{{tag>pigi raspberry pi geigercounter radiation radioactive power hack}}
  
-{{keywords>Apollo-NG apollo next generation hackerspace hacker space research development makerspace fablab diy community open-resource open resource mobile hackbus raspberry pi raspberrypi geiger counter geigercounter radioactive cpm radioactivity fallout nuclear reactor}}+{{keywords>Apollo-NG apollo next generation hackerspace hacker space research development makerspace fablab diy community open-resource open resource mobile hackbus raspberry pi raspberrypi geiger counter geigercounter geiger-müller radioactivity radioactive cpm radioactivity fallout nuclear reactor atom}}
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