Nuclear Battery Assembly Guide
Contributors:
Nick Poole
Resources and Going Further
For more information, check out these pages:
- GitHub
- Hackaday: Make Your Own Nuclear Batteries
- City Labs: Nuclear Batteries
- YouTube: NurdRage - Make a Tritium Nuclear Battery or Radioisotope Photovoltaic Generator
- A Blog to Watch: A Unique Look Into How Glow-In-The-Dark Tritium Gas Tubes Are Made At MB-MICROTEC
If you ever find yourself looking for a little more power, take a look at these tutorials and hookup guides:
How to Power a Project
A tutorial to help figure out the power requirements of your project.
Measuring Internal Resistance of Batteries
Classroom STEM activity that has students build a battery from a lemon, measure the open and closed circuit voltages, and determine the battery's internal resistance.
12V/5V Power Supply Hookup Guide
In this tutorial, we will replace the 12V/5V (2A) power supply's molex connector with two male barrel jacks adapters.
Or if you want to learn more about radioactivity, feel free to take a look at these blog posts: