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Welcome to the bGeigie Nano Kit wiki! This documentation will guide you through the process of building, mounting, and using your Safecast bGeigie Nano radiation sensor.

You can navigate through the documentation using the sidebar menu.

For the latest commits, see https://github.com/Safecast/bGeigieNanoKit/commits/master.

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How to Prepare for Success

While we’ve designed our kits for everyone, it’s helpful if you’re familiar with a few concepts beforehand.

One of these is through-hole soldering, a process for attaching surface mount components to a circuit board. This process involves temporarily attaching components to the board with paste, then baking the board to cement the parts together. There are many soldering tutorials available on the Internet. You may want to start with the tutorial created by Instructables.

Another concept to be mindful of is polarity. Some electronic components are designed to work with the current flowing in one direction only, while others can work with current flowing either way. Inserting a polarized component the wrong way will usually only prevent the device from working properly. In some cases, however, it could also damage components. It's important to orient components correctly for this reason.

It may also be helpful to refer to a glossary of electronics terms as needed.

You can order a Safecast bGeigie Nano kit at KitHub.cc.

If you wish to buy the parts, view the list of parts here.

Support

If you get stuck, try checking this wiki documentation. You can also get help from these sources:

• The Safecast bGeigie Nano GitHub technical archive
• Nano summary and licenses
• Safecast Devices Discussions and Support
• Safecast website (Also see the links on the homepage)
• Schematics (circuit diagrams) in Eagle format

Other Helpful Links

• Nano landing page - Note that http://nano.safecast.org/ is now aliased to this catch-all landing page for all Safecast information related to the bGeigie Nano.
• API - The kit uses the API to query and add to the Safecast dataset. Data submission occurs via Apple audio cord or optional XBee (Wifi or BLE-enabled) chip, or from an SD card via API menu or emailed log). For more information, see "Sean's Useful Data". 3 Jan 2014.
• Safecast App - The app uses Geiger Bot, a radiation detection, mapping, and sharing app (currently available for iOS only). For more information, visit the Geiger Bot documentation.

If you need further help after reviewing these links, please contact us at [email protected].