MacroSpec

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Description:

Coastal’s MacroSpec and MacroSpec+ record and monitor tides, temperature and currents as well as directional waves, using PC Spec spectral wave software.

 

Coastal MacroSpec

Coastal MacroSpec

 

Capacity:

32MB standard

Optional (Compact Flash Cards):  48MB, 64MB, etc.

 

Housing:

Diameter – 5.5 in.

Length – 41.5 in. (including sensor)

Weight – 45 lbs. in air

Material – Stainless steel and UHMW plastic housing

 

Power:

User replaceable standard alkaline D cells

 

     Interface:

Wizard IBM PC compatible software

ASCII data files in engineering units

User controlled sampling parameters and sensor functions

Optional PCSpec directional wave spectral software

 

Clock:

Solid state real time, accuracy one minute per year  

 

Standard:

Heading – Falmouth Scientific Ostar Compass

Current Speed – Marsh-McBirney 585 Velocity Sensor

Pressure, Standard – ICS Strain Gauge

Temperature, Internal – YSI Thermister

 

Optional:

Standard for MacroSpec+

 

Pressure, High Precision – Paroscientific Digiquartz

Optional:

Heading – KVH C100 Fluxgate Compass

 

Function

Sensor (*optional)

Range

Accuracy

Resolution

Units

Heading

FSI Ostar Compass, magnetoresistive

0°-360°

.09

degrees magnetic

Current Speed

Marsh McBirney 585 Velocity Sensor, electromagnetic

+/- 300

2%

0.18

cm/s

Pressure,

Standard

IC Sensors Strain Gauge, piezoresistive

30, 50, 100, 250

0.1%

12 bit

psia

Temperature

Internal YSI Thermister

-5° to 35°

0.1°

.02 typ

°C

Pressure,

High Precision

*Paroscientific Digiquartz

900<

0.015%

16 bit

psia

Heading

*KVH C100 Compass Engine, fluxgate

0°-360°

0.5

0.24

degrees magnetic

 

 

 

 

 

 


Download MacroSpec spec sheets in .pdf format

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