Instructions

• Document Overview
• Condensed instructions
• Instructions for building your first detector
  • Purchasing the components
  • Uploading code to Arduino Nano
• Populating the PCBs
  • The SDcard PCB
  • The main PCB
  • Populating the SiPM PCB
  • Machining the scintillator
  • Mounting the SiPM PCB to the scintillator
  • Assembling the Desktop Muon Detector
• Electronics Description
  • Description of the circuit
    • DC-DC Booster
    • SiPM circuit
    • Amplifying circuit
    • Peak detector
    • microSD card circuit
    • Arduino
  • Calibrating the electronics
• Recording data
• Setting the detectors up in coincidence
• Example Measurements
  • Beamline measurement at FermiLab
  • Rate measurement 1km underground at Super Kamiokande
  • Muon rate measurement at 33,000ft
  • Master/Slave mode comparison at sea level
  • Cosmic ray muon angular distribution measurement
• Troubleshooting
• Notification