VIPER Aid to Acoustic Positioning

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VIPER Aid to Acoustic Positioning

Eurotech

Applicable Industries	Transportation
Applicable Functions	Logistics & Warehousing
Connectivity Protocols	Other frequency
Other Frequency	PC/104 (ISA)
Challenge	Applied Acoustics Easytrak Portable acoustic navigation system can undertake a wide range of tracking and positioning tasks for seabed mapping, towfish tracking and controlling robotic vehicles. It is also used to locate subsea divers, so is critical to the safety of personnel. To deal with difficult operating environment, a robust single board computer is required. Read More
Customer	Applied Acoustics is a leading manufacturer of undersea positioning, tracking and sub-bottom profiling equipment. These systems are used in a wide variety of subsea commercial, military and environmental projects. Read More
Solution	The Eurotech VIPER is an ultra low power fanless single board computer. The board runs on Windows CE software and communicates with the DSP to interpret target positioning and displays results on the 640 x 480 resolution LCD TFT Display. Solution Assessment - Type: IT - Maturity: High (technology has been on the market for >5 years) Hardware Components - VIPER single board computer - Digital Signal Processing (DSP) Board - LCD TFT Display Read More
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Solution Maturity	Mature (technology has been on the market for > 5 years) Read More
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Applicable Industries

Transportation

Applicable Functions

Logistics & Warehousing

Connectivity Protocols

Other frequency

Other Frequency

PC/104 (ISA)

Challenge

Applied Acoustics Easytrak Portable acoustic navigation system can undertake a wide range of tracking and positioning tasks for seabed mapping, towfish tracking and controlling robotic vehicles. It is also used to locate subsea divers, so is critical to the safety of personnel. To deal with difficult operating environment, a robust single board computer is required.

Customer

Applied Acoustics is a leading manufacturer of undersea positioning, tracking and sub-bottom profiling equipment. These systems are used in a wide variety of subsea commercial, military and environmental projects.

Solution

The Eurotech VIPER is an ultra low power fanless single board computer. The board runs on Windows CE software and communicates with the DSP to interpret target positioning and displays results on the 640 x 480 resolution LCD TFT Display.

Solution Assessment
- Type: IT
- Maturity: High (technology has been on the market for >5 years)

Hardware Components
- VIPER single board computer
- Digital Signal Processing (DSP) Board
- LCD TFT Display

Solution Type

Solution Maturity

Mature (technology has been on the market for > 5 years)

Impact #1	System Flexibility - Ongoing application development and improvements are relatively quick and inexpensive to implement due to the system's flexibility.
Impact #2	Real-time Tracking - The location of individuals and assets can be identified in near real-time.
Impact #3	Data Accuracy - for greater positioning accuracy. Greater positioning accuracy is enabled through the ports on the Easytrak console which allows it to interface with gyros and vertical reference units (VRUs)

Impact #1

System Flexibility - Ongoing application development and improvements are relatively quick and inexpensive to implement due to the system's flexibility.

Impact #2

Real-time Tracking - The location of individuals and assets can be identified in near real-time.

Impact #3

Data Accuracy - for greater positioning accuracy. Greater positioning accuracy is enabled through the ports on the Easytrak console which allows it to interface with gyros and vertical reference units (VRUs)

Benefit #1	The system has a wide operating temperature, from -20 degree Celsius to 70 degree Celsius.

Benefit #1

The system has a wide operating temperature, from -20 degree Celsius to 70 degree Celsius.

Hardware	Single Board Computer

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VIPER Aid to Acoustic Positioning

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