2025-02-07 10:30:16
Key Takeaways
- The Gemini 1200id represents a significant upgrade in sonar technology for work class ROVs, featuring improved imaging capabilities.
- Equipped with dual frequency options at 720 kHz and 1200 kHz, the sonar excels in dynamic underwater environments.
- Advanced noise attenuation and CHIRP processing enhance target separation and positional accuracy.
- The system is compatible with Tritech’s Genesis software, facilitating streamlined operation of multiple products.
- The introduction of the Gemini 1200id is backed by Tritech’s 3-year quality guarantee.
Introducing the Gemini 1200id: A Leap Towards Superior Sonar Imaging
In an exciting development for underwater operations, Tritech has unveiled the Gemini 1200id sonar system, designed to offer work class ROVs an easy upgrade path to enhanced imaging resolution. This latest innovation builds on the proven framework of the Gemini 720is sonar while providing users with a broader horizontal field of view of 120° across both 720 kHz and 1200 kHz frequencies.
Exceptional Imaging Capabilities
The Gemini 1200id is engineered for high performance in challenging aquatic environments, ensuring that waterborne electrical noise is effectively mitigated, leading to superior imaging output. Its integrated speed-of-sound sensor plays a pivotal role in delivering highly accurate positional data of underwater targets, while advanced CHIRP processing technology helps with exceptional target separation over extended ranges.
This sonar system isn’t just about improved performance; it’s designed for user convenience as well. Fully compatible with Tritech’s Genesis software suite, the Gemini 1200id allows for streamlined management of multiple Tritech devices within a single application. Additionally, software development kits (SDKs) are available for both Windows and Linux platforms, ensuring broad accessibility and ease of integration.
A Commitment to Quality
Bruce Hardy, Sales and Marketing Director of Tritech, emphasized the company’s commitment to innovation, stating: “We are really pleased to bring the new dual frequency Gemini 1200id to market. Having listened to our customers’ requests for higher definition and enhanced target resolution, we believe the new 1200 kHz acoustic frequency will provide just that, along with Tritech’s reputation for quality and reliability, backed by our 3-year guarantee.”
Unmatched Noise Reduction Technology
The technological advancements in the Gemini 1200id are noteworthy. It features a uniquely developed analogue front-end solution that utilizes fully differential receiver channels, resulting in improved acoustic reception capabilities. Additional internal filtering mechanisms have been carefully deployed to reduce self-generated noise, and external environmental noise is actively diminished, allowing users to capture sonar images that are sharp and bright, devoid of background noise.
Asim Azad, Hardware Engineering Manager at Tritech, remarked on the technological edge of the 1200id: “With its ultra-low-noise differential analogue front-end supporting a wide dynamic range optimised for sonar imaging applications, and with its ability to actively attenuate waterborne electrical noise from other subsea equipment, the Gemini 1200id provides work class ROV operators the clarity and confidence necessary for mission-critical operations.”
For those interested in exploring the capabilities of the new Gemini 1200id, additional information is available here.
