Descriptions
The MiniPIX EDU is a miniaturized and low-power solution of radiation camera with single particle counting (or particle tracking) detector Timepix. The camera incorporates a single Timepix detector (256 x 256 pixels with a pitch of 55 μm) with 300 or 500 μm thick silicon.
It is as simple as plugging the MiniPIX EDU device into your PC’s USB port and starting the software. Using the proprietary PIXet Basic radiation visualization software, fascinating images of ionizing particles will begin to appear in front of you. The students can understand how people benefit from ionizing radiation and radioactivity.
MiniPIX EDU fully suits education purposes. However, it has some minor limitations compared to the standard MiniPIX :
- No sensor stability or pixel response patterns are evaluated
- Quality of the chip will be evaluated only in the central area (50% of the entire sensor area)
- One column of bad pixels is allowed in the central area
- Bad pixel clusters of up to 20 pixels are allowed (except column)
- Overall, 1 % of bad pixels in the central area 324 pixels is allowed (including the wrong column if any)
- MiniPIX EDU comes with Pixet Basic software, which has limited functionality compared to Pixet ProThere is an Advacam logo watermark in the Imaging mode.
- MiniPIX EDU is a standalone product with its own specific design. It differs from other cameras in the MiniPIX range not by a license designated for education, but by being a different type of device with different features
An affordable device designed for physics classes where students can literarlly see the radiation surrounding us. It is a miniaturized and low-power solution of radiation camera with single particle counting or particle tracking detector Timepix. The standard MiniPIX EDU system incorporates a single Timepix detector (256 x 256 pixels with a pitch of 55 μm).
