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Seaglider Components

Seaglider

Documentation for Seaglider hardware components and subsystems.

In This Section

  • Batteries

    Pack architectures, fuel gauges and voltage cutoffs, battery changes, stretching a low battery, and safe handling.

    Batteries

  • Altimeter

    Installation, configuration, altitude settings, and performance verification.

    Altimeter

  • VBD

    The buoyancy engine: reservoir, bladder, boost and main pumps, the Skinner valve, the VBD budget, and lab procedures for air-bleeding and pump cycling.

    VBD

  • Pressure Sensor

    The depth sensor and the internal hull pressure sensor: calibration slope, amplifier gain, the sea-level zero, and diagnosing bad depth readings.

    Pressure Sensor

  • Electronics

    Rev B and Rev E main boards, where settings live, board replacements and upgrades, 15 V conversions, bench power, and safe handling.

    Electronics

  • Sensor Configuration

    serdev, logdev and SciCon, the .cnf library, basestation handling, and per-sensor notes for CT, GPCTD, optodes, ECO pucks, RBR, PAR and AD2CP.

    Sensor Configuration

  • Comms, GPS & Basestation

    RUDICS and dial-up paths, antenna and cable faults, mgetty and basestation pitfalls, SMS alerts, the GPS rollover, and backup trackers.

    Comms, GPS & Basestation