Multiple sensor integration with the SonTek Hydra datalogger: IEEE sixth working conference on current measurement

Author

Mullison, Jerry ; Cabrera, Ramon ; Slocum, Daryl

Author_Institution

SonTek Inc., San Diego, CA, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

11-13 Mar 1999

Firstpage

166

Lastpage

169

Abstract

The trend in the nearshore community has been to deploy sensors from disparate manufacturers in a single integrated package. However, difficulties have sometimes arisen when sensors with extremely high data acquisition rates, such as the SonTek ADV line of instruments, are integrated into these packages. To address this difficulty, SonTek has developed the Hydra datalogger. The Hydra is easily capable of handling the 25 Hz data acquisition rates of the ADV, as well as to control and log data synchronously from external sensors from third party manufacturers through use of the SonLink protocol. The supporting software is designed to control data acquisition from all sensors and to log all data into a single easily accessible file. The authors report on several SonTek Hydra systems which have been deployed over the past few months

Keywords

computerised instrumentation; data acquisition; data loggers; marine systems; oceanographic equipment; ADV; Hydra datalogger; SonLink protocol; SonTek; SonTek ADV; acoustic Doppler velocimeter; current; data acquisition; data logger; data logging; dynamics; equipment; high data acquisition rate; integrated package; measurement technique; multiple sensor integration; ocean; software; Command and control systems; Communication system control; Data acquisition; Instruments; Manufacturing; Packaging; Sea measurements; Sensor arrays; Sensor systems; Throughput;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Current Measurement, 1999. Proceedings of the IEEE Sixth Working Conference on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5505-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCM.1999.755235

Filename

755235