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20210826 125927
20210826 130058
Nortek Nucleus frontview low 20210826 125927 20210826 130058

Navigation sensor package

Nucleus1000

A sensor hub that makes vehicle control and navigation possible.

  • Compact size optimal for small ROVs and AUVs
  • Integrated AHRS for pre-calibrated attitude and heading information
  • Dedicated vertical beam for altimeter information
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Overview

  • The Nucleus1000 is a sensor package that has all the necessary sensors and data products to aid in subsea navigation and vehicle control. This includes estimates of distance from the surface and bottom, attitude, heading and velocity. To learn more about the Nucleus1000's capabilities, click here.

Highlights

  • Compact size optimal for small ROVs and AUVs
  • Integrated AHRS for pre-calibrated attitude and heading information
  • Dedicated vertical beam for altimeter information

Applications

  • Small ROV
  • Micro AUV
  • Coastal USV

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    • Bottom tracking

      Maximum altitude 50 m
      Minimum altitude 10 cm
      Long-term accuracy >1.01% (license-free), <0.3% (export-controlled)
      Velocity resolution 0.01 mm/s
      Single ping standard 0.5 cm/s
      Maximum ping rate 2 Hz

    • Water tracking

      Minimum accurary 1% of measured value / +-0.5 cm/s
      Minimum range 2.0 m

    • Altimeter

      Range 50 m
      Accuracy 1% of measured value
      Resolution 0.1 cm

    • Environmental

      Operating temperature -4 to +40 °C
      Storage temperature -20 to +60 °C

    • Mechanical design

      Depth rating 300 m
      Height 42 mm
      Diameter 90 mm
      Weight in air 535 g
      Weight in water 295 g

    • Power

      Voltage range 10-32 V
      Average power < 4 W
      Maximum peak power 35 W

    • Communication

      Serial RS-422
      Ethernet 10/100 Mbits Auto MDI-X.TCP/IP, UDP/IP. Fixed IP / mDNS/DHCP client /Auto IP address assignment. (Multiple simultaneous data format transmission possible.) Data formats Nortek proprietary.

    • Hardware

      Frequency of operation 1 MHz
      Beam width 3.4°
      Vertical beam angle 20°

    • AHRS

      Pitch and roll accuracy 0.35°
      Heading accuracy 0.5°
      Output rate 25 Hz

    • Pressure sensor

      Pressure accuracy 0.1% FS /precision better than 0.002% of full scale
      Temperature -4° to +40 °C ± 0.1 °C

    • Magnetometer

      Range 800 μT
      Repeatability over ±200μT 20 nT
      Noise 50 nT
      Sampling 75 Hz

    • Accelerometers

      Range 40 g
      Bias - repeatability 6 mg
      Velocity random walk 0.039 m/sec/√hr
      Bias instability 135x10-6 m/sec2
      Scale factor stability 0.10 %
      Sampling rate 100 Hz

    • Gyroscopes

      Range 2000°/s
      Bias - repeatability 1.4°/s
      Angular random walk 0.3°/√hr
      Bias instability 8°/h
      Linear acceleration effect 1.02x10-3 (°/s)/(m/s2)
      Vibration rectification error 5.6x10-6 (°/s)/(m/s2)2
      Sampling rate 100 Hz

    • Current profiling

      Minimum accuracy 1% of measured value / +-0.5 cm/s
      Velocity resolution 0.1 cm/s
      Interval User specified nth ping
      Maximum range 30 m
      Blanking 0.1 m
      Cell size 0.2-2.0 m
      Max # cells 150

    • Temperature sensor

      Temperature -4 to 40 C +- 0.1 C

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    • Technical drawings

      Nucleus1000 General Arrangement - NGA0067-002 Rev.-

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    • Approvals

      End User Declaration

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      Declaration of conformity - Nucelus1000

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    • Nucleus firmware

      The Nucleus1000 firmware is not available for direct download. By pressing "Download" you will be able to send a request via a partly prefilled e-mail to support@nortekgroup.com

      Go to Software download

    • Nucleus on Microsoft store

      Configuration and control software for Nortek Nucleus instruments. The software may also be used without installation on the web (serial connection only).

      Go to Software download

    • Nucleus Windows installer file

      Configuration and control software for Nortek Nucleus instruments. This is the same software as retrieved from MS Store. The software may also be used without installation on the web (serial connection only).

      Go to Software download

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