PC-GM8

V 1.0

Geiger counter
PC-GM8 program.

Previous versions

Introduction

This program is for the very low consumption Geiger Muller counter PC-GM8. These pages give all information to build the hardware part of the counter. For information, the current consumption the counter is around 80µA in normal mode.

Program for the Geiger Muller counter PC-GM8

Download Version 1.0: This program is for the Geiger-Muller counter PC-GM8 (radiation counting, HMI, data storage...) and the communications with the application GeigerPC running on Windows.

The program has been developped with Composer Studio (CCS).

Display

The counter displays data on a dedicated LCD display. The image above (click to enlarge) shows how the display is used in normal operation. Pushbuttons allow to interact with the GM counter to validate the alarms, the errors and to change some settings. For clarification, see the documentation (in French).

Technical documentation

Environment and target platform

Developped on Texas Instrument msp-exp430FR4133
Development environment: Code Composer Studio
Functionnal documentation (in French)

Files

main.c and main.h: main program
hal_LCD.c and hal_LCD.h: LCD display management
utilitaires.c and utilitaires.h: some utilitaries (battery management, send/receive...)
menu.c and menu.h: menu management
common.h: global declaration
fontXX.h: fonts for the e-paper display
PC_Epd_154_low_memory.c and PC_Epd_154_low_memory.h : e-paper display management
Affepaper.c and Affepaper.h: e-paper display management

Communication with the counter

Serial link (COMx), 9600bps, 8 bits, 1 stop, Parity none.

Protocol

Described in the functionnal documentation (in French) and the page dedicated to the GeigerPC software.

Known Bugs

You can report the bugs of the program by using the "contact" on the home page.