A dose rate meter and a personal pocket dosimeter realization in a single chip

Author

Mahmoud, Imbaby I.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Eng., Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, Egypt

fYear

1999

fDate

23-25 Feb 1999

Abstract

A single chip realization of a circuit, which implements both accumulated doses and dose rate meter functions, is described. A PIC 16C84 microcontroller is combined with a H.V. power supply, a GM detector and a shaping circuit to form the proposed single chip personal dosimeter instrument. Battery checking function is also implemented. The accumulated doses are read reliably without adding any PIC RS-232 level translator chips. The reader can be either a stand-alone device with RS-232 port for remote transmission to any PC or a PC with a parallel port. Very low power consumption (<2 mA at 5 V, 4 MHz); wide operating voltage range (2 to 6 V), simplicity and maintainability (single 18-pin DIP chip of PIC 16C84) are assured. These attractive features in conjunction with enhanced functionality and flexibility of programmed devices make it an excellent choice for personal dosimeter instruments

Keywords

CMOS digital integrated circuits; dosimeters; 2 mA; 2 to 6 V; 4 MHz; 8 bit; GM detector; HV power supply; PIC 16C84 microcontroller; RS-232 port; battery checking function; dose rate meter; maintainability; operating voltage range; personal pocket dosimeter realization; power consumption; programmed devices; remote transmission; shaping circuit; single chip personal dosimeter instrument; stand-alone device; Batteries; Costs; Counting circuits; Detectors; EPROM; Energy consumption; Instruments; Microcontrollers; Power engineering and energy; Power supplies;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radio Science Conference, 1999. NRSC '99. Proceedings of the Sixteenth National

Conference_Location

Cairo

Print_ISBN

977-5031-62-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NRSC.1999.760944

Filename

760944