Product profile
DVL 500
Nortek DVL 500 is a 500 kHz, 6,000 m-rated survey-grade Doppler velocity log for AUV, ROV, USV and other subsea navigation systems.
Facts
- Company
- Nortek
- Product type
- component
- Status
- commercial
- Primary capability
- underwater_navigation
- Website
- https://www.nortekgroup.com/products/dvl500-6000-m
About DVL 500
Nortek DVL 500 is a 500 kHz, 6,000 m-rated survey-grade Doppler velocity log for AUV, ROV, USV and other subsea navigation systems.
Market context
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Summary
Type: Survey-grade underwater DVL
Core: Deep-rated velocity and navigation sensor
Function: Provides bottom-track, water-track and current-profile data for demanding marine robotic navigation
Audience: AUV, ROV, USV and marine survey integrators
Specifications
- current_profile_range
- 70 m
- depth_rating
- 6000 m
- maximum_bottom_track_altitude
- 200 m
- operating_frequency
- 500 kHz
- platform_integration
- Integration with INS systems across AUV, ROV, USV and other platforms
- power
- Average power at stated 1 Hz sampling conditions W
- transducer
- 4-beam Janus array convex transducer with 25-degree beam angle
Operations
- Environment
- underwater, subsea_operations, marine_robotics, deepwater_operations
- Primary user
- auv_integrators, rov_integrators, usv_integrators, marine_survey_teams
- Role
- underwater_navigation, auv_navigation, rov_navigation, usv_navigation, current_profiling
- Interaction model
- sensor_integrated, real_time_navigation, underwater_positioning
- Mobility class
- embedded_underwater_component, subsea_navigation_sensor
- Product detail
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