Remote Monitoring of Environment Radiation with Arduino Wemos and Geiger Counter Sensors

A remote radiation monitoring system is proposed. A method for measuring and analyzing the background radiation level in a given space is developed, based on a Geiger-Müller sensor. The radiation values recorded in a time span can be considered a starting point in establishing the radiation level in a certain location. The occurrence of programmable microcontrollers and different sensors has made possible the creation of low-cost measurement and control systems. Such a data measurement system can be used for monitoring background radiation with an Arduino-based system, and more specifically with a Wemos D1 R1 development board. The radiation monitoring system can collect data from a Geiger-Müller Counter, able to capture the beta particles and gamma rays of the background environment. The data collected by the processor from the Geiger-Müller sensor are transmitted via a wireless connection to a remote ThingSpeak server, where they can be further processed to provide information about the radiation level. Here they can be stored in order to make them available to anyone interested in the evolution of the radiation level over time, for a specific area. As ThingSpeak can provide readings over multiple channels, more radiation sensors can be monitored simultaneously.