README.md:
NOTE: All articles are relocated into the FOLDER named 'Articles'
GeigerLog 1.2.1 has been released!
GeigerLog now supports all current Gamma-Scout Counters, including the latest “Online” model, the only one of the breed which allows logging.
A SimulCounter has been added, which creates its “counts” with a Poisson random number generator. Helpful for understanding the workings of a Geiger counter and GeigerLog.
Search the entire NotePad for the occurrence of a text like ‘abc’ or ‘123.456’
The tool GLpipcheck was improved
The Easter Holidays are approaching, and fittingly, an Easter egg can now be found in GeigerLog. Do your best – perhaps you will see a dancing GEIGERA?
BUG - Alert
you may experience a Python bug on all operating systems if you have updated to the latest versions of the Python packages. The error message is "ImportError: Failed to import any qt binding" and GeigerLog won't start at all.
For a workaround run these commands in a terminal/command window :
- python -m pip uninstall PyQt5 PyQt5-Qt PyQt5-sip
- python -m pip install PyQt5
- python -m pip install --force-reinstall PyQt5-Qt
Remember that depending on your installation you may have to use 'python3' instead of plain 'python' !
At the end you will have these versions installed:
PyQt5 5.15.3
PyQt5-Qt 5.15.2
PyQt5-sip 12.8.1
GeigerLog 1.2 has been released!
and withdrawn due to a nasty Windows 10 bug
GeigerLog 1.1 has been released!
Some major internal refactoring - hopefully not noticable by any user ;-) - to prepare for the future,
New features were added:
GeigerLog now supports HiDPI monitors, it is now running well on an 8k monitor
GeigerLog now supports the MiniMon CO2 Monitors for CO2 measurements in your room or office (only on Linux). A standalone version of MiniMon is found elsewhere on my site: https://sourceforge.net/projects/minimon/
An improvement for users of a GMC counter: GeigerLog has now got a dialogue to edit the counter's internal configuration memory, allowing to enter SSIDs, WiFi passwords, websites, IDs from the computer keyboard.
Bug Reports for GeigerLog 1.0:
A little bug had surfaced in GeigerLog 1.0. However, it impacts only users of the AudioCounter device under certain conditions. Others may update GeigerLog; no harm will be done.
To update, download file amc-bug.zip from the testing folder and unzip. It contains only the two files geigerlog and gutils.py. Replace your existing files with them.
GeigerLog 1.0 has been released!
GeigerLog has finally left the beta-stage. Little is new, except for the definition of the Calibration Factor - it is now the invers of the previous definitions. Read in the manual why this was done.
And a HOWTO for the installation and use of GeigerLog on the Raspberry Pi has been added.
What files to find on this site?
GeigerLog-Program
- latest release of full GUI version
- simple Non-GUI programs available as well
GeigerLog-Manual
- the manual to GeigerLog (specific for each version)
Articles on the use and physics of Geiger counter and radioactivity:
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GeigerLog-Potty Training for Your Geiger Counter (using household items with Potassium to measure radioactivity)
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GeigerLog-Going Banana (measure the Potassium in bananas with a Geiger counter; Data provided)
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Review of Semiconductor Geiger Counter Smart Geiger Pro (SGP-001) (new technology for the broader public)
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Support for Audio Counters in GeigerLog (old technology audio-clicks counter now supported in GeigerLog
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GeigerLog-Radiation-v1.1(CAJOE)-Support (using the low-cost CAJOE Geiger counter)
HOWTOs
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HOWTO - Read-Write permission in Linux for the serial port
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HOWTO - Using Python in a virtual Environment on Linux (very helpful when you use more than one Python version!)
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HOWTO - Using PyQt5 and matplotlib on HiDPI monitors (Python3)
Data
- from the banana experiment
- from international flights
- synthetic data
Supporting documents
- like spec sheets of tubes, documents on Geiger-Müller tubes, etc.