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Wayfinder DVL

Wayfinder is by far the smallest DVL Teledyne has ever designed, making it ideally suited for micro ROVs

At just 10 cm x 10 cm x 7 cm, Wayfinder is by far the smallest DVL Teledyne has ever designed, making it ideally suited for micro ROVs. Wayfinder literally puts subsea navigation in the palm of your hand.

Description

Key Features:

​Pocket-Sized Packaging

At just 10 cm x 10 cm x 7 cm, Wayfinder is by far the smallest DVL Teledyne has ever designed, making it ideally suited for micro ROVs. Wayfinder literally puts subsea navigation in the palm of your hand.

Precise Performance

Performance matters. Wayfinder has demonstrated in the water its superior data quality compared with DVLs of similar size. Don’t risk your mission’s success to inferior solutions.

Affordable

Often, smaller vehicles mean smaller budgets, but that doesn’t mean you need to compromise on technology. Wayfinder’s low price enables a new generation of scientists, explorers and hobbyists to navigate micro vehicles with confidence.

Proven Reliability

Thousands of Teledyne Marine DVLs are in use on vehicles worldwide, conducting critical missions for commercial, defense and academic applications.

Easy to Integrate & Operate

Wayfinder has been designed for quick and easy installation and operation. With our comprehensive online support, tools and documentation, your DVL will be installed and ready to go in no time.

Benefits:

​Reduce Costs

• Track your position without the added expense and complexity of a Ultra Short Baseline (USBL) system

• Know your vehicle altitude without the cost and added payload of an altimeter

Improve Productivity

• Navigate safely, even in turbid and deep water

• Find and retrieve deployed objects more efficiently

Create Better Maps and Visuals

• Support flexible mission objectives from subsea cameras and videography to seabed mapping

• Record locations where images/photos were taken

• Save valuable time and money with our easy to install DVL and fully online documentation and support.

ave valuable time and money with our easy to install DVL and fully online documentation and support.

Reduce Complexity When Piloting

• Hover and station keep your ROV with confidence

• Mark waypoints or sites for later return

• Save valuable time and money with our easy to install DVL and fully online documentation and support.

Reduce Complexity When Piloting

• Hover and station keep your ROV with confidence

• Mark waypoints or sites for later return

Do you have questions about this product?

  • Questions about price, availability, and/or retailers
  • Questions about technical specifications and usage
  • Questions about suitability for your project or application

Specifications

Physical Properties

Width/Diameter [cm]:

10

Length [m]

0.1

Height [m]

0.07

Weight in air [kg]

0.85

Weight in water [kg]

0.51

Min. operating depth [m]

0.5

Max. operating depth [m]

200

Bottom Velocity

Max. altitude [m]

60

Long term accuracy

±1.15%

Min. altitude [m]

0.5

Data Storage & Connectivity

Communication [RS232, USB, Ethernet]

RS-232, 115200 or 9600 Baud Rate

Software name

WIndows & Linux) Wayfinder Tools Utility/Interface software; Python Driver interface

Acoustic Specifications

Number of beams

4 x 2D phased-array

Frequency operating range max.[kHz]

614

Water Velocity

Velocity range [m/s]

10

Operation Characteristics

Platforms [ROV, submarines]

Ideally suited for micro ROVs

Operating temperature: min. [°C]

-5

Operating temperature: max. [°C]

45

Storage temperature min [°c]

-30

Storage temperature max [°c]

60

Power

Min. external power DC [Voltage]

11.4

Max. external power DC [Voltage]

37

Max power consumption [W]

25

Average power consumption [W]

3

More information

Distinguishable features

Wayfinder is by far the smallest DVL Teledyne has ever designed, making it ideally suited for micro ROVs. Wayfinder literally puts subsea navigation in the palm of your hand.

General

System components

Year of introduction

2020

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