Muon Sortes Dev Log https://muonsortes.com/devblog Build log for the Muon Sortes cosmic ray muon detector desk clock. Schematic sketches, breadboard work, debug write-ups, prototype iterations. en-US Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 allanj.binder@gmail.com (Allan Binder) allanj.binder@gmail.com (Allan Binder) https://muonsortes.com/og.jpg Muon Sortes Dev Log https://muonsortes.com/devblog Making a cosmic MIDI instrument and finalizing the breadboard https://muonsortes.com/devblog#2026-06-03 https://muonsortes.com/devblog#2026-06-03 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Allan Binder Routing six coincidence channels into Ableton as a cosmic MIDI instrument, tracking down the HV boosters overshooting to ~530V as the real noise source, and a clean 18-hour soak test across all four tubes. On Vibecoding a Muon Detector https://muonsortes.com/devblog#2026-05-25 https://muonsortes.com/devblog#2026-05-25 Mon, 25 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Allan Binder How AI-assisted workflows shaped the Muon Sortes cosmic ray muon detector build, from 3-4 million tokens of pre-planning to Claude Code as a live lab notebook. From e-ink headaches to high voltage unknowns https://muonsortes.com/devblog#2026-05-12 https://muonsortes.com/devblog#2026-05-12 Tue, 12 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Allan Binder E-ink display swap, laser-cut acrylic scaffold for four J305 Geiger-Müller tubes, single-tube bring-up at 410V, and the coincidence noise floor problem. Testing the signal chain with synthetic pulses https://muonsortes.com/devblog#2026-05-06 https://muonsortes.com/devblog#2026-05-06 Wed, 06 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Allan Binder Validating the cosmic ray coincidence detector circuit using synthetic ESP32 pulse injection before the HV boost modules arrive. Digital circuits breadboarded https://muonsortes.com/devblog#2026-05-04 https://muonsortes.com/devblog#2026-05-04 Mon, 04 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Allan Binder Populating the digital chain on breadboard: two 74HC14 Schmitt triggers, a 74HC08 AND gate, BAT54 stretchers, and IC decoupling on every chip. Designing a cosmic ray decision oracle on paper https://muonsortes.com/devblog#2026-04-22 https://muonsortes.com/devblog#2026-04-22 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Allan Binder Hand-drawn schematics for the Muon Sortes cosmic ray detection circuit: HV biasing, Schmitt triggers, BAT54 stretchers, 74HC08 coincidence AND gate, e-ink and BME280.