Overview & Features
CHASING PING 360 Self-Assembly Kit
Mutifunctional in Low-Visibility Water
CHASING PING 360 SONAR KIT is capable of scanning in low-visibility water conditions, navigating for ROV and avoiding obstacles, targeting location and tracking which make it widely applicable in different industries.
360 Degree Scanning
CHASING PING 360 SONAR KIT performs a full 360-degree scan of its surroundings. The scanning range is from 0.75m(2.5ft) to 50m(165ft), a resolution of 0.08% of range, providing a top-down view of the underwater environment which enables it to produce detailed images of underwater objects.
Open-Source Software to Suit Specific Application Needs, Widely Applied in Multiple Scenarios
CHASING PING 360 SONAR KIT connecting to the open source Ping-Viewer application for control and data display, can be customized to suit specific application needs, making it a cost-effective solution for underwater imaging.
Ping360 Scanning Imaging Sonar Description
The Ping360 scanning sonar is a mechanical scanning imaging sonar. It’s designed primarily to be used on the BlueROV2 and other ROVs for navigation in low-visibility water conditions, but it’s also suited for applications such as inspection, obstacle avoidance, target location and tracking, autonomous systems development, and more!
What is a Scanning Sonar?
If you’re new to scanning sonars, here’s how it works: inside the Ping360 is an acoustic transducer that sends a narrow beam of acoustic energy into the water and then listens back for echoes. That transducer is mounted to a motor that rotates it in one degree increments and as it does this it generates a circular image of the sonar’s surroundings with a maximum range of 50 meters. The result is similar to what you might see from a weather radar on the local news or a laser scanner on an autonomous robot.
When mounted on an ROV, the scanning sonar gives you a top-down view of the ROV’s surroundings. You can see echoes from objects like ropes, walls, dock pilings, rocks, shipwrecks, boats, fish, and any other structures or objects that reflect sound waves. With that, you have reference points to navigate from, regardless of water visibility, and you can locate important features in the water quickly.
