Multi sensor data acquisition system design for monitoring the radiation dose based on wireless sensor network

Basically, the negative effects of ionizing radiation are the fundamental reason for monitoring and measuring the environmental and individual radiation exposure. A wireless data acquisition system employing the wireless sensor network is designed to obtain a suitable data processing system (acquisition) from several types of sensor modules. Furthermore, it is expected to be the groundwork for the development of a multi sensor data acquisition system for monitoring the radiation dosage received by several radiation workers in real time. This research was conducted within two stages of process. The first stage was the hardware design that included: Architecture, sensor node design, and electronic design. The second stage was the development of software system for data acquisition during the measurement of the dosage or radiation exposure received by each radiation worker. The sensor nodes were designed by utilizing the system components. Each sensor node consisted of an Arduino, a sensor radiation pocket Geiger type 5, and an Xbee. The software in this study consisted of three components, i.e. a software for the initial setting of Xbee namely XCTU, data processing for Arduino microcontroller using C++ programming with IDE (Integrated Development Environment), and a data acquisition system developed using Visual Studio. The system should have been designed more efficiently in terms of time and radiation exposure data collection process for the environments and workers in diverse units, particularly those utilizing the nuclear energy. © International Research Publication House.