Standards-Based Plug &amp; Work for Instruments in Ocean Observing Systems

Río, Joaquín Del; Toma, Daniel Mihai; O’Reilly, Thomas C.; Bröring, Arne; Dana, David R.; Bache, Felix; Headley, K.; Mànuel, A.; Edgington, D.R.

doi:10.1109/joe.2013.2273277

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“…One example is the programmable underwater connector with knowledge (PUCK), a hardware solution that uses the Open Geospatial Consortium's (OGC) Sensor model language (SensorML) standard to streamline sensor interfacing in large observational networks (del Río et al 2014). The considerable diversity of sensors and peripherals that could be added to ocean observing networks makes it difficult to create any single, truly uniform standard to interface such disparate sensors into ocean observing networks (O'Reilly et al 2009;Song and Lee 2009;Toma et al 2011), let alone the types of nonsensor, noninstrument devices that often need to be integrated with such sensors and instruments for optimal field measurements.…”

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A General-Purpose Microcontroller-Based Framework for Integrating Oceanographic Sensors, Instruments, and Peripherals

Laney

2017

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

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Sensors and instruments for basic oceanographic properties are becoming increasingly sophisticated, which both simplifies and complicates their use in field studies. This increased sophistication disproportionately affects smaller-scale observational efforts that are less likely to be well supported technically but which need to integrate instruments, sensors, and commonly needed peripheral devices in ways not envisioned by their manufacturers. A general-purpose hardware and software framework was developed around a widely used family of low-power microcontrollers to lessen the technical expertise and customization required to integrate sensors, instruments, and peripherals, and thus simplify such integration scenarios. Both the hardware and associated firmware development tools provide a range of features often required in such scenarios: serial data interfaces, analog inputs and outputs, logic lines and power-switching capability, nonvolatile storage of data and parameters for sampling or configuration, and serial communication interfaces to supervisory or telemetry systems. The microcontroller and additional components needed to implement this integration framework are small enough to encapsulate in standard cable splices, creating a small form factor ''smart cable'' that can be readily wired and programmed for a range of integration needs. An application programming library developed for this hardware provides skeleton code for functions commonly desired when integrating sensors, instruments, and peripherals. This minimizes the firmware programming expertise needed to apply this framework in many integration scenarios and thus streamlines the development of firmware for different field applications. Envisioned applications are in field programs where significant technical instrumentation expertise is unavailable or not cost effective.

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Section: Discussion and Future Directionsmentioning

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A General-Purpose Microcontroller-Based Framework for Integrating Oceanographic Sensors, Instruments, and Peripherals

Laney

2017

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

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“…System for Western Mediterranean (Aguzzi et al, 2011) The Obsea observatory was deployed in 2009 with two main objectives: to study and monitor coastal process and biological habitat at the Catalan coast, and secondly to become a reference underwater test site for new instruments, sensors and also as a test site for new data communication protocols and data management (Río et al, 2014). The Obsea data management system is dealing with many different types of data, mainly physical parameters and biological indicators using video cameras.…”

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Ocean Data Product Integration Through Innovation-The Next Level of Data Interoperability

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“…Those connectors will not be the main focus of this paper, since optical communication has been widely studied in various papers [15]- [18]. In addition, an interesting map of submarine communication links in the world showing the multiplicity of communication routes across the oceans is presented [19].…”

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Review of Electrical Connectors for Underwater Applications

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Ruiz‐Minguela

Engström

2018

IEEE J. Oceanic Eng.

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Abstract-The history of underwater electrical connectors is relatively new: In 1858, the first transatlantic communication cable was created. Since then, the need for subsea electrical connectors has been growing very fast in the offshore industry. Today numerous companies offer a large choice of underwater connectors and assemblies, and it can be intricate to distinguish the different technologies employed for each of them. However the use, deployment, maintenance, and lifetime of any subsea equipment, from a simple sonar to a wave energy converter, relies on its connectors. Hence the design of an underwater electrical connector is to be carefully looked at, and especially for tailor-made applications that have more specific requirements. To produce a good connector, it is necessary to account for thermal, electrical, and mechanical properties, as well as to determine the best materials that should be used for the application. Finally, connector issues go hand in hand with the deployment and operation of any electrical equipment, and it is of interest to review the different techniques for cable connection, as well as the challenges related to cable layout. Those challenges can be of different nature, but they should all be taken into account for any subsea connection.

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Standards-Based Plug & Work for Instruments in Ocean Observing Systems

Cited by 30 publications

References 14 publications

A General-Purpose Microcontroller-Based Framework for Integrating Oceanographic Sensors, Instruments, and Peripherals

A General-Purpose Microcontroller-Based Framework for Integrating Oceanographic Sensors, Instruments, and Peripherals

Ocean Data Product Integration Through Innovation-The Next Level of Data Interoperability

Review of Electrical Connectors for Underwater Applications

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