Catherine NicoloffJul 25, 20211 min readBreadboard Revision 4Thoughts on circuit safety: The high voltage capacitor has the potential to fail, as it’s under the most stress. It can fail open, which...
Catherine NicoloffJul 25, 20212 min readTesting the OscillatorOn March 9, 2018, I built part of my circuit (from Revision 3) onto a breadboard and began to explore the workings of the 555 oscillator....
Catherine NicoloffJul 19, 20201 min readBreadboard Revision 3If you ever want to figure out how to cram components onto a breadboard, I cannot recommend Fritzing enough. https://fritzing.org/...
Catherine NicoloffJul 19, 20202 min readInitial Circuit PartsMy Geiger circuit owes much gratitude to Tom Napier's article "Pocket Geiger Unit" from January, 2004. https://www.nutsvolts.com/magazine...
Catherine NicoloffJul 19, 20201 min readInspirationMy initial research had informed me that Geiger tubes were plentiful on eBay, as were circuits that could use them. My goal was to...
Catherine NicoloffNov 29, 20191 min readA STAR is Born"Two years prior, during our chance lunchtime conversation, a seed had been planted in my mind..."
