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RUDAR™ 3D drawing Conceptual RUDAR™ Prototype deployed PDF specs ST400 mobile data recorder Web-enabled user interface

The RUDAR™  (Remote Underwater Digital Acoustic Recorder) is a very compact, long-term autonomous recording device that is light enough to be deployed by hand from small boats. The RUDAR™  system uses a custom-made version of the new  ST400 SoundScape embedded Linux mobile data recorder. Interchangeable Cetacean Research™  C54- or C304- series hydrophones are used for signal detection. This system has very low power consumption that allows extended remote recording sessions and continuous high-speed data acquisition.

Development Background - the idea for a portable remote underwater recording device came about after several conversations in 2000 and 2001 with fisheries biologist Rodney Rountree of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. The first conceptual RUDAR™  prototype was completed in early January 2002 for NOAA and the University of Hawaii's Coral Reef Ecosystem Investigation.