How I’ve turned a Picoscope USB oscilloscope into an MCA
l.i.papadopol
A few months ago I purchased a PicoScope 2204A USB oscilloscope purely for my teaching duties. I would plug it into my laptop, project live waveforms onto the classroom screen,…
Spectroscopy
CsI(Tl) + SiPM audio CODEC based spectroscopy gadget
Excited to share my latest gadget for spectroscopy! It’s a device built around a PCM2902 USB audio codec chip. The circuit is surprisingly simple just follow the PCM2902 application note…
XRF part I
partial FAIL INTRODUCTION During the latest pre-holiday days, I attempted to build a usable XRF (X-Ray Fluorescence) system. This material analysis technique employs an X-Ray source to excite a metallic…