MINIpack for Antarctic Deployments

An internal lithium battery and removable SmartMedia card means that the MINIpack has no external connectors.

MINIpack can also be used as the core of a larger multi-parameter system. As such, it may be used as a discrete profiling instrument, installed on a data buoy, moored in the ocean or to form the core of a towed undulating vehicle system. It has been designed specifically for installation into towed vehicles.

This compact instrument contains a fluorimeter, conductivity, temperature and depth sensor. These sensors are coupled to a high-performance data logger. For real-time applications, the MINIpack is provided with a transmission system with the capability of providing power to and acquiring data from up to sixteen external sensors (fourteen differential channels and two single-ended channels). These may typically include dissolved oxygen, pH, PAR, up & down welling sensors, fluorimeters &  transmissometers. A titanium / acetal housing contains all on-board sensors, processing boards, data transmission or internal batteries.