Pomelo: Open radiation detector

[mihai.cuciuc]

Hi all,

I am building Pomelo, an open radiation detector that can be used on its own or integrated into other projects.

It detects gamma rays using a 2cc CsI(Tl) scintillator and includes all the associated electronics to do gamma spectroscopy and to interface with the outside world using a variety of interfaces including USB, UART, Bluetooth, and WiFi.

You can use it as a module to add gamma ray detection to existing projects, but it itself is modular and you can swap out the detector (scintillator + silicon photomultiplier) to get higher sensitivity or improved gamma energy resolution.

I will be launching this project on Crowd Supply where you can subscribe to be notified when it is ready to launch: https://www.crowdsupply.com/pomelo-instrumentation/pomelo

Or, if you want to look under the hood, you can check out the following resources:
 - Hackaday project on the detector core: https://hackaday.io/project/194457-pomelo-gamma-spectroscopy-module
 - Hackaday project on the complete instrument: https://hackaday.io/project/196334-pomelo-hand-held-gamma-ray-spectrometer
 - GitHub repository: https://github.com/mihaicuciuc/pomelo

All questions, comments, and criticisms are welcomed!