Eco Current Profiler
Entry-level, low-cost ADCP
Shallow-water current profiles in a groundbreaking new package. Appropriate for first-time ADCP users, small budgets or educational use.
Description
Highlights
- Build your instant proposal in the Eco Webshop to submit to purchasing or buy online
- Self-configuring data collection in various depths and water types
- Seamless current profiles from 30cm to 20m from the instrument
- Weighs only 1 kg in air and is only 13 cm tall
- Built-in battery and inductive battery charger. No cables or connectors!
- Integrated deployment and recovery system available
- Automated data processing to ensure quality data reports with no prior ADCP experience
- Built-in GNSS, temperature, pressure and tilt sensors
Applications
- Estuarine studies
- Sediment transport studies
- Studies of tidal currents
- Coral reef studies
- Educational use
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Specifications
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General
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Year of last update
2021
Width [m]
0.085
Height [m]
0.13
Weight in air [kg]
1
Weight in water [kg]
0.28
Max. operating depth [m]
50
Max. battery lifetime [days]
692
True Bottom Tracking Capability
N
Processor/memory
16 GB
Hard disk
Solid State SD Card
Operating System
Proprietary
Housing Material
POM (Delrin)
Dimensions
130 mm height x 85 mm diameter
PC Input
Any Bluetooth enabled smart device
Connections
Bluetooth LE
Operator control
Via App
Total Weight [kg]
1.0
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Other specifications
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Real-time interfacing
Smart device app via Bluetooth
External battery container
N
Data acquisition software and processing software
Smart device app via Bluetooth
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Auxiliary Sensors
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Conductivity
N
Oxygen
N
Turbidity
N
Tides
Y
Waves
N
Pressure
Y
Acoustic modem
N
Relocation of transponder
N
Wave direction
N
Speed of sound
N
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Deployment method
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Moving vessel
N
Bottom mount
Y
Inline string mooring
Y
Data Buoy
Y
Marine structures
Y
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Doppler Current Profiler
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Center working frequency [kHz]
1000
Max. typical profiling range [m]
20
Number of beams
3
Nadir angle [deg]
20
Max. Number of cells per beam
3
Min. blanking distance [m]
0.1
Lost data at far boundary [%]
5
Max. ping rate [Hz]
4
Min. cell size [m]
0.15
Max. cell size [m]
2
Max. velocity [m/s]
5
Surface reference capability
Y
Surface current measurement
Y
Compensation for sound speed
Y
Single ping rejection of outliers
Y
Maximum sampling rate for Water velocity measurements
2 minutes
Storage temperature
-20 to +60 °C
Standard range
0-50 m
Pressure
Piezoresistive
Accuracy/precision
0.5% FS / 0.005% of full scale
Compass and tilt
Yes
Data recording
Yes
Data cable
Yes
IO
Bluetooth LE
Shock and vibration
IEC 60068
EMC approval
EN301489, EN 61326, EN61000
Depth rating
50 m
Connectors
None (fully wireless)
Housing
POM (Delrin)
Material
POM (Delrin)
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Standard Sensors
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Temperature: min [°C]
-5
Temperature: max. [°C]
40
Temperature: uncertainty [°C]
0.1
Tilt: max. [deg]
30
Compass type
Solid State
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GNSS Positioning Sensor
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Position accuracy (with dGNSS) / postprocessed
3 m
Communication
Bluetooth LE
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Data and Software
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Acquisition
Yes
Timing
Yes
Configuration
Yes
Display
Yes
Status
Yes
Output data
Yes
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Application
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Typical applications
Shallow-water current profiling