Journal of Tropical Oceanography ›› 2010, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (2): 7-11.doi: 10.11978/j.issn.1009-5470.2010.02.007cstr: 32234.14.j.issn.1009-5470.2010.02.007

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Hardware design for control system in optical buoy

YANG Yue-zhong1, LU Gui-xin1, KE Tian-cun1, XU Zhan-tang1,2   

  1. 1. LED, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, China; 2. Graduate Univ. of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 10039, China
  • Received:2009-05-06 Revised:2009-12-14 Online:2010-03-23 Published:2010-03-23

Abstract:

A stable and low power electric control system was designed for marine optical buoy. A low power PC104 embed-ded computer was used as the core in the electric control system to implement data acquisition and storage automatically. Real-time data and instructions could be transmitted by CDMA and GPRS wireless network. A customized multi-functional board was used to implement data counting, I/O control, A/D conversion and timing. Two-stage “watch-dog” was built up by a single-chip controller in conjunction with calendar clock and power master switch. The electric control system can ensure the marine optical buoy to work independently for a long time under an unmanned situation.

Key words: marine optics, control system, buoy