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In the past few months we have released these new versions:
Covid19 Version 2.2
https://www.theremino.com/video-e-notizie/coronavirus#covid19app
Added a note on the power supply of the UpConverter:
https://www.theremino.com/hardware/adapters#upconverter
Published Theremino_Geiger Version 6.7
https://www.theremino.com/downloads/radioactivity#geiger
Theremino_Spectrometer Versione 3.0
https://www.theremino.com/downloads/automation#spectrometer
Theremino_MathHelper Version 3.6
https://www.theremino.com/downloads/uncategorized#mathhelper
Theremino3D updated to the version 1.6 which now no longer prevents Windows from shutting down
https://www.theremino.com/downloads/uncategorized#theremino3d
Theremino_Gamepad Version 1.4 – Now also with Force Feedbak (vibration)
https://www.theremino.com/downloads/uncategorized#gamepad
ImgToGcode V 2.0
https://www.theremino.com/downloads/automation#imgtogcode
New ImgGreyscaleToGcode V application released 2.0
https://www.theremino.com/downloads/automation#imggreyscaletogcode
MicroVideo 1.6 which makes the Zoom controlled by a Slot
https://www.theremino.com/downloads/automation#microvideo
CustomControls V1.7 con ALT, SHIFT and CTRL that modify the variations on the TextBoxes
https://www.theremino.com/downloads/uncategorized#customcontrols
Archive published “Theremino Know-How 2020”
https://www.theremino.com/downloads/notes-on-software#tools
Published the Adapter-Voltage
https://www.theremino.com/hardware/adapters#adaptervoltage
We have published an important section on batteries.
https://www.theremino.com/hardware/batteries
https://www.theremino.com/hardware/batteries#testing
And we also discovered a method to improve ultrasonic distance sensors.
Now they can also be used for applications that require good stability.
https://www.theremino.com/hardware/inputs/sensors#bestusound
We have published the latest version of the ion chamber.
https://www.theremino.com/blog/geigers-and-ionchambers/ionchamber-improvements#version7
This version is considerably better than the previous ones, more stable, more precise and also easier to build.
We have published the version 3.8 of the SlotViewer:
https://www.theremino.com/downloads/foundations#slotviewer
We have published the version 3.4 del Logger:
https://www.theremino.com/downloads/foundations#logger
We have published the Covid19 application – Version 2.5
https://www.theremino.com/video-e-notizie/coronavirus#covid19app
We have published the SignalScope application – Version 2.6
https://www.theremino.com/downloads/foundations#signalscope
We have published the Terminal application – Version 2.1
https://www.theremino.com/downloads/foundations#terminal
We have published the WaveGenerator application – Version 2.1
https://www.theremino.com/downloads/uncategorized#wavegenerator
We have published the MathHelper application – Version 3.7
https://www.theremino.com/downloads/uncategorized#mathhelper
We have published the Theremino_WinHelper application – Version 1.0
https://www.theremino.com/downloads/uncategorized#winhelper
We have published the Theremino_Spectrometer application – Version 3.1
https://www.theremino.com/downloads/automation#spectrometer
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June 2021
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We have updated:
– The AudioAnalyzer V1.2 application (BaseFreq fino a 10 KHz)
– The Theremino_3D V1.7 application (Faster startup and shutdown)
– The WinHelper V1.1 application (New button “Power options”)
– The Weather V0.8 application (Wind speed in knots and UV index)
– The Applications page (updated with many links that were missing)
Here are the links:
https://www.theremino.com/downloads/multimedia#audioanalyzer
https://www.theremino.com/downloads/uncategorized#theremino3d
https://www.theremino.com/downloads/uncategorized#winhelper
https://www.theremino.com/hardware/inputs/meteorology-sensors#meteo
https://www.theremino.com/applications
We have published a chapter explaining how to do HRV analyzes (Heart Rate Variability)
https://www.theremino.com/downloads/biometry#hrv
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October 2021
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We have improved the SlotViewer
https://www.theremino.com/downloads/foundations#slotviewer
We have added a note regarding the PWM frequency
you can find it at the end of the chapter, just before downloading the firmware.
https://www.theremino.com/hardware/outputs/motors#servopid
There is a new page
https://www.theremino.com/video-e-notizie/quantum-gravity
We are preparing an interesting metal detector
https://www.theremino.com/hardware/inputs/geology-sensors#metaldetectors
We have finally published the Sound Level Meter, go and see it!
https://www.theremino.com/downloads/uncategorized#phonometer
There are two new applications for creating and for decoding
all kinds of QRcode (square labels) and BarCode (barcodes)
https://www.theremino.com/downloads/automation#qrcodes
This is the news page and it is good not to fill it with specific topics.
So all the messages with Cosimo Miccoli have been moved here:
https://www.theremino.com/blog/comment-page-5#comment-24007
WE HAVE PUBLISHED THE SEVEN VERSION OF AUTOMATION
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HUNDREDS OF MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS
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We have released two new applications:
https://www.theremino.com/downloads/biometry#slottexttospeech
https://www.theremino.com/downloads/biometry#videocolors
We have published the version 7.2 in Automation
https://www.theremino.com/downloads/automation
This release contains several improvements, including:
– The ability to simulate pressing mouse buttons
– The detection of colors from the screen
– Speech synthesis.
We have updated the IOT HAL documentation
We have updated the IOT HAL documentation 191.
https://www.theremino.com/downloads/foundations#iothal
We have published the version 7.3 in Automation
https://www.theremino.com/downloads/automation
This release contains several improvements, including:
– The ability to use simple sounds with frequency and duration (page 15)
– Theremino_Automation_V7.3.
– The ability to use simple sounds with frequency and duration.
– The ability to use simple sounds with frequency and duration.
– Theremino_Automation_V7.3() corrected (page 61)
– Theremino_Automation_V7.3() (page 77)
– Theremino_Automation_V7.3 (page 90)
– Page 57 The ability to use simple sounds with frequency and duration (Read the news in the PDF documentation).
The ability to use simple sounds with frequency and duration, The ability to use simple sounds with frequency and duration.
There is a new page under construction.
https://www.theremino.com/introduction/imakerbase
Easier for a camel to pass into the eye of a needle…
than entering Italian schools.
Here is the system theremino in Chinese schools !
https://www.theremino.com/introduction/imakerbase
There is a new version of the PMT adapter!
https://www.theremino.com/downloads/radioactivity
https://www.theremino.com/technical/schematics#pmtaudioadapter
Many thanks for the ion chamber building instructions. I built the ion chamber and used it during a lecture about radon with experiments at the events “Highlights of Physics 2022 in Regensburg, Bavaria”. If you like you can watch my lecture on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEe69a3kaN0
I am proofing that radon emanates from Uranium minerals by sucking a few milliliters of air from a jar containing uranium minerals and injecting it into the ion chamber. This yields plenty of impulses that are registered with Theremino Geiger.
I added a link to the building instructions at the end of my presentation so that anyone interested could build it as well.
I am in concern however that building it according to the building instructions will not succeed. The high voltege converter did not oscillate before i changed C1 33pF to 3,3nF and R2 100k to 10k. This components connect collector of T2 to base of T1. The current through the orginal components is too low to switch T1 off.
Could anyone confirm that there is a mistake in the schematics ?
Best regards from Regensburg
Juergen Putzger
Dear Juergen,
I designed that scheme and tried it for a long time. Also many copies have already been built and all have always worked well with the schematic components i.e. C1 = 100pF and R2 = 100K
If it doesn’t work well it is probably due to one of the following causes:
– T1 transistor which is not a BC846B (or similar with Beta of at least 300)
– D1 which is not a 1N4148 but perhaps a 4001?
– Long wire mounting (maybe you haven’t mounted it with SMD components on the PCB recommended by us?
– Diodes from DZ1 to DZ5 which are not MMSZ5270 or similar but with very low loss and low capacitance.
– D3, D4 and D5 different from RS1KL and therefore with too much parallel capacity
– L1 with too much series resistance or with too much capacitance in parallel.
– Supply voltage too low or 3.3 volt regulator defective
– Some defective components.
Furthermore, even in the SPICE simulations the circuit works perfectly with the values of 100pF and 100K
Best regards
Livio
Dear Livio,
thanks for your suggestions. I checked everything. The voltage convertor was built on a printed SMD PCB of your layout. It is version 5 with a single 10V Z-Diode and voltage divider. I used a BC 807 for T1 which has the same current amplification of 200 as the BC 846B. The rectifiers are also RS1KL . The only difference is the coil. I could not obtain the same coil. Its resistance is probably a bit high at 15 Ohms. The coil seems to be critical in that circuit. Maybe the ferrite characteristics and coil capacitance matter even when the inductance is correct.
Overall I have to say that the PCB is hard to solder because it is smaller than necessary. Some parts are also hard to obtain. They sometimes are a bit “exotic”. One has to order from multiple different distributors. For example the FET in the pulse amplifier is no longer available. I simply used an old BF245 with leads that I soldered directly to the amplifier board.
The Ion chamber is working satisfying now. I want to put it online on opensensemap,org if air humdity does not spoil the operation. I already have a geiger counter online and gamma dose rate rises during each rainfall because radon decay products are washed from the air.
Best regards
Juergen
OK with your components 10k and 3,3 nF are probably required.
I think that the 15 ohm and probably the parallel capacitance of the inductor makes the most of the difference.
About the PCB and components, also as a KIT, you could contact Lello
https://www.theremino.com/en/contacts/producers#hardware
We published Blockly (Open Source di Google), a great job dedicated to children, and the VoiceCommands application to control Blockly functions, and also of the other applications of our system.
Our version of Blockly can access all the resources of our system.
https://www.theremino.com/downloads/automation#blockly
With VoiceCommands you can use voice commands, such as Alexa or Google Home, but even better.
https://www.theremino.com/downloads/biometry#voicecommands