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Products

New Winch/Lift and New Joysticks and Silicon Sensing

Throttle Controls Hand Controllers System’s IMUs

Two all-new IMUs from Silicon Sens- ing Systems Limited are enhancing their successful range of MEMS inertial products featured at Ocean Business.

DMU10 provides a low-cost 6-DOF solution delivering sub-15/hr and 50µg output stability. First of a family of High

Customizable Winch and Customizable, Submersible

Performance IMUs (HPIMU) due for

Throttle Controls joysticks and controls release in the summer of 2015; DMU30

Bokam Engineering, Inc., offers a new Bokam also introduced a new line of combines dual-axis capacitive MEMS line of snap-action and place-and-hold submersible and hazardous environ- accelerometers with novel blending of single-axis winch and throttle controls. ments joysticks and controllers. The outputs from VSG3QMAX and VSG5

It is designed to provide lateral single- new line provides both a force or po- gyro sensors on each axis. DMU30 cre- axis controls for a wide range of ap- sition proportional joysticks and input ates a non-ITAR, MEMS IMU alterna- plications including top side winch, lift devices, with a life cycle expectancy tive to more costly ‘FOG-grade’ IMUs and throttle control functions in marine of 10 billion life cycles with Bokam’s for use in exacting marine motion sens- environment-exposed applications. Ac- patented rotational motion mechanism ing applications. cording to the developer, the new line and programmable modular micro- www.siliconsensing.com combines the reliability and survivabil- processor based electronics. Various ity of the solid state sensor products mounting interface and enclosure pack-

FarSounder Updates with a life cycle expectancy of 10 bil- ages are available with con? gurations

Navigation Sonars lion life cycles, featuring Bokam’s pat- range from IP56 to IP66 (survivability ented rotational motion mechanism and in heavy seas) and IP69K (survivability The release of SonaSoft 3.0 represents an upgrade to its real-time forward-looking programmable modular microprocessor during/after high pressure, high tem- based electronics. The modular con- perature wash-down) as well as fully sonar capabilities. New in SonaSoft 3.0, trols come in a wide range of outputs submersible and explosive atmospheres FarSounder has improved its 3D sonar display, the developer said. According and meet the requirements of practically con? gurations found in marine applica- to FarSounder, improvements include any control system. With various modu- tions. Self certi? ed to Class I Div II.

target persistence via new image stabi- lar interface handles the building block Advantages include: lization techniques, updated color map- con? guration can be built to meet the in- • Solid-state all welded force propor- terface and mechanical needs of various tional joystick installations and human factors require- • All stainless steel construction ments. Various mounting interface and • Fully submersible system enclosure packages are available with • Internally potted zero-volume con- con? gurations range from IP56 to IP66 struction with EB welded evacuated (survivability in heavy seas) and IP69K construction (survivability during/after high pressure, • Modular removable interface and high temperature wash-down) con? gu- grip elements that can be changed in the rations found in marine applications. ? eld if required.

Image: FarSounder

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