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Implement Radiation detector hardware #136

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simon987 opened this issue Mar 11, 2018 · 1 comment
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Implement Radiation detector hardware #136

simon987 opened this issue Mar 11, 2018 · 1 comment

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The radiation detection hardware (Geiger counter ?) will give a Count per minute based on the distance from a Radioactive obstacle. Multiple radioactive obstacles close together will give a greater number.

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simon987 commented Apr 2, 2018

More info on radiation and mesurments:

  • Geiger Mueller (GM) tube sensing element. are used in most Portable Hand Held Survey Detectors to locate radiation. They detect alpha, beta, X-rays and gamma radiation.
  • Becquerel is the strength of the source of radiation, cpm is the number of counts received by an instrument from that source.
  • Activity (quantity) is measured in Becquerel (also Curies in the U.S.). 1 Becquerel (Bq) = 1 disintegration per second (dps)
  • Normal background radiation levels vary at different locations, even in different areas of the same room
  • Alpha: ±5cm
  • Beta: 10-20 feet, penetrates paper
  • Gamma: 100+ feet, stops with tick concrete / lead

I'm not skilled enough to implement a realistic solution so what I'll do is that I will calculate the path in a straight line from the Cubot to the radioactive object, then use the object's getCounts(lenght of the path) and substract a set amount for each impassable object/tile in the path.

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