A Low Power Datalogger based on Compactflash memory for Ocean Bottom Seismometers (OBS)

Author

Panahi, S. Shariat ; Ventosa, S. ; cadena, J. ; Manuel, A. ; Bermudez, T. ; Sallares, V. ; Piera, Jaume ; Del Rio, J.

Author_Institution

SARTI, UPC, Vilanova i la Geltru

Volume

2

fYear

2005

fDate

16-19 May 2005

Firstpage

1278

Lastpage

1281

Abstract

In the last decade marine scientific exploration instruments are highly under demand, especially autonomous instruments capable of staying under water long period of time while performing continuous data acquisition and storage. This paper introduces an instrument presently under development used for the study of ocean bottom sub-layers as well as microseismic detection where power consumption has been minimized to increase autonomy and Compactflash memory cards have been used as the storage element. Development of such equipment is a joint work between different disciplines as electronics, mechanics, geophysics, underwater communications, etc. Currently acquisition system is under test in the laboratory and is going to be tested in real environmental conditions in summer 2005 where the results will be evaluated

Keywords

data acquisition; data loggers; flash memories; low-power electronics; marine systems; seismometers; Compactflash memory card; OBS; autonomous instruments; continuous data acquisition; continuous data storage; low power datalogger; marine scientific exploration instruments; microseismic detection; ocean bottom seismometers; ocean bottom sub-layers; power consumption; Data acquisition; Energy consumption; Geophysics; Hard disks; Instruments; Marine technology; Oceans; System testing; Vibrations; Water storage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 2005. IMTC 2005. Proceedings of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Ottawa, Ont.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8879-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMTC.2005.1604353

Filename

1604353