A monitor for continuous and remote control of radon level and environmental parameters

RaMonA (radon monitoring and acquisition) is a compact device, developed by our laboratory, having the aim to perform the continuous monitoring of radon daughters collected on a silicon detector by an electrostatic field. In this paper the latest version of the system is presented, obtained after an updating process developed with these main objectives: the design of a new electronic project, the realisation of the complete integration of all function in a single module, the installation on board of a microprocessor hosting the software necessary to run the system, and the substitution of the serial port with an Ethernet interface, allowing the driving of the station from any point of the net. The prototype of this new RaMonA has been successfully tested and many stations are actually under construction to be installed in a series of schools to realise a network for the radon monitoring in the soil.