Product profile
DVL A125
Water Linked DVL A125 is a compact Doppler velocity log for underwater robots, providing bottom-track velocity and navigation data for AUV and ROV integrat...
Facts
- Company
- Water Linked
- Product type
- component
- Status
- commercial
- Primary capability
- underwater_navigation
- Website
- https://www.waterlinked.com/shop/dvl-a125-178
About DVL A125
Water Linked DVL A125 is a compact Doppler velocity log for underwater robots, providing bottom-track velocity and navigation data for AUV and ROV integration.
Market context
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Summary
Type: Underwater navigation component
Core: Compact Doppler velocity log
Function: Supplies underwater velocity measurements that stabilize navigation and positioning for subsea robots
Audience: AUV, ROV and subsea-system integrators
Specifications
- beam
- Four-beam convex Janus, 22.5° beam angle
- dimensions
- 125 mm diameter × 30 mm height
- interface
- Ethernet and serial integration interfaces
- maximum_bottom_track_altitude
- 125 m maximum bottom-track altitude m
- maximum_operating_speed
- 9 m/s maximum bottom-track velocity m/s
- minimum_operating_height
- 0.05 m minimum bottom-track altitude m
- navigation_role
- Bottom-track velocity and underwater positioning support
- operating_frequency
- 420 kHz kHz
- operating_temp
- −5 to 55 °C °C
- output_resolution
- 0.1 mm/s velocity resolution
- ping_repetition_rate_hz
- 2–15 Hz output rate Hz
- platforms
- Designed for AUV and ROV integration
- power_consumption_w
- 4 W average W
- rated_depth
- 1,000 m or 4,000 m configuration m
- sensor_type
- Doppler velocity log for underwater navigation
- supply_voltage_range
- 10–30 V DC V
- weight_kg
- 750 g in air kg
Operations
- Environment
- underwater, subsea_operations, marine_robotics
- Primary user
- auv_integrators, rov_integrators, marine_robotics_developers, subsea_survey_teams
- Role
- underwater_navigation, auv_navigation, rov_navigation, velocity_estimation
- Interaction model
- sensor_integrated, real_time_navigation, underwater_positioning
- Mobility class
- embedded_underwater_component, subsea_navigation_sensor
- Product detail
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Research, Articles and recent verified events
- NORBIT signs agreement to acquire Water Linked — 2026-06-21
- Water Linked demonstrates Sonar 3D-15 live on Blueye X3 — 2026-06-01
- Water Linked releases Water Tracking mode for DVLs — 2026-05-12
- Water Linked Sonar 3D-15 integrated into BeeX underwater drone autonomy stack — 2026-04-27
- Water Linked introduces next-generation DVL A250 — 2026-03-03
- Water Linked Sonar 3D-15 added to Skarv CORAX AUV design — 2024-11-05
- Water Linked DVL A50 incorporated into Boxfish autonomous underwater platforms — 2024-08-08
- Water Linked DVL A50 and UGPS documented across Deep Trekker ROV operations — 2024-06-27