Cosmic_Pi_Talk_2021.md

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 When we started, we had a crazy idea.
 Let's replicate CERN and put it in a box.
-And make it open source, hardware and software.
+Accelerator + Detector + Data Analysis
+Open source, both hardware and software.
 
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+-> # What can we do with it?  <-
+
+Cosmic rays are implicated in our climate system.
+They can cause cloud nucleation.
+Clouds are very important for our climate.
+
+Two important questions: 
+
+1) How many cosmic rays are there right now?
+2) How many cosmic rays were there before we measured them?
+
+-------------------------------------------------
 -> # Muons <-
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 4. Raspberry Pi (Digital signal -> Internet)
 
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-
 -> # An embedded system  <-
 
 Our version 1 was a simple PCB on top of a Raspberry Pi.
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 It didn't work. 
 
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-
 -> # Challenges  <-
 
 A working SiPM based muon detector needs:
@@ -51,7 +62,6 @@ A working SiPM based muon detector needs:
 * Other sensors (GPS, Accelerometer, Magnetometer, Humidity)
 
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-
 -> # Timing Resolution  <-
 
 c = 3e8m/s
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 Good enough for our application.
 
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+-> # Design Philosophy: Hardware  <-
 
+Accelerometer   ----
+                    |---- I2C Bus
+Humidity Sensor ---- 
+
+GPS --------------------- UART2
+
+Voltage control --------- SPI
+
+Raspberry Pi ------------ UART1
+
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 -> # Design Philosophy: IoT  <-
 
 The architecture of the system is critical to success:
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 Many systems have this type of requirement. 
 
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 -> # An internet telescope  <-
 
 It took us a few years to make working hardware.
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 * Build database + visualisation with InfluxDB and Grafana
 
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--> # What can we do with it?  <-
-
-Cosmic rays are implicated in our climate system.
-They can cause cloud nucleation.
-Clouds are very important for our climate.
-
-Two important questions: 
-
-1) How many cosmic rays are there right now?
-2) How many cosmic rays were there before we measured them?
-
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-
 -> # We are now building up our dataset: <-
 
 * Detector location (Lat/Long)