MacroTide

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Description:

Coastal?s MacroTide and MacroTide+ record pressure levels in aquatic environments for tidal measurements using either an ICS Strain Gauge Pressure Sensor or a high-precision Paroscientific Digiquartz Sensor.

 

Coastal MacroTide

Coastal MacroTide

(exterior-above, interior-below)

Capacity:

200K standard

Optional (Compact Flash Cards):  8MB, 16MB, etc.

 

Housing:

Diameter ? 5.5 in.

Length ? 14 in. (including handle)

Weight ? 15 lbs. in air

Material ? Stainless steel and UHMW plastic housing

MacroTide+ length is 15.5 in., weight is 17 lbs. in air

 

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  

 

Coastal MacroTide (interior) 

Clock:  

Solid state real time, accuracy one minute per year

 

Standard:  

Pressure, Standard ? ICS Strain Gauge

Temperature, Internal ? YSI Thermister

 

Optional:

Standard, MacroTide+

 

Pressure, High Precision ? Paroscientific Digiquartz

Optional:  

Temperature, External ? YSI Thermister

Additional External Pressure ? ICS Strain Gauge

 

Function

Sensor (*optional)

Range

Accuracy

Resolution

Units

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

 

 

 

 

Download MacroTide spec sheets in .pdf format

MacroTide
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Coastal Leasing, Inc.
179 Sidney Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4238
USA

Phone: 617-497-1122
Fax: 617-497-1188
E-mail: coastal@coastal-usa.com

Copyright ? 2002 Coastal Leasing, Inc.  Trademarks are property of their respective owners.  Specifications subject to change without notice.