USB Geiger Counter

15 12 2009

Got the sparkfun USB geiger counter working today.

The replacement PCB is a newer iteration. It bleeds the high voltage automatically. Nice upgrade.

You can read the data from the virtual com port with this command:

screen /dev/tty.usbserial-A800czX2

Each geiger count produces one random bit:


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