UAC-08160X-OEM
Underwater Acoustic Communication
Key Features
- Core System Integration – The UAC-08160X-OEM serves as the core system for the UAC series, providing integration and circuit support for the entire product line, ensuring efficient operation and communication between devices.
- Deep-Sea Capability – Operates at depths of up to 6000 meters, suitable for seabed base communication and buoy communication in extreme marine environments.
- Modular Design – Offers flexible integration options, allowing compatibility with AUVs, UUVs, and buoys, adapting to various platform requirements.
- Low-Power Duty Module – Includes an option for a low-power duty module, designed for long-term observation platforms, ensuring efficient operation over extended periods.
- Configurable Software Support – Provides configurable software, ensuring adaptability for mobile platforms like UUVs, offering flexibility for diverse operational needs.
- Reliable Long-Range Communication – Provides up to 10 km underwater communication with a data rate of up to 4 kbps (BER 10⁻⁴), ensuring stable and efficient data transmission.
- Standard Protocol Support – Adheres to standard control protocols and provides technical support for protocol development, ensuring compatibility with different platforms.
Specifications
Applications
- AUV and UUV Integration – As the core system of the UAC series, the UAC-08160X-OEM provides essential communication support for AUV and UUV systems.
- Seabed Base and Buoy Communication – Perfect for long-term deployment, enabling ocean monitoring and reliable data transmission.
- Marine Data Transmission – Ideal for deep-sea data collection and coastal monitoring, ensuring effective underwater communication.
Advantages
- Integrated Circuit System – As the core system of the UAC series, the UAC-08160X-OEM ensures seamless integration and efficient operation of the entire product line.
- Deep-Sea and Long-Term Deployment – Supports 6000 meters of operational depth, suitable for extreme subsea environments.
- Low-Power Design – Optimized power management, ideal for long-term underwater monitoring and data transmission tasks, extending the operational lifetime of the system.
Application Diagram
Explore the UAC-08160X Series
The UAC-08160X Series includes the portable II2S, the 4000 m-rated IE3S, the 6000 m deep-sea SE4T, and the highly integrable OEM system solution. Whether for shallow-water trials, coastal monitoring, or deep-sea engineering and system integration, the UAC-08160X Series delivers reliable performance for diverse underwater acoustic communication needs.
Related Products
UAC-08160X-II2S
Frequency: 8kHz-16kHz
Communication Distance: 10km
Communication Rate:100-4kbps
Bit Error Rate:
10⁻⁴
Operating Range: 300m
UAC-08160X-IE3S
Frequency: 8kHz-16kHz
Communication Distance: 10km
Communication Rate:100-4kbps
Bit Error Rate:
10⁻⁴
Operating Range: 4000m
UAC-08160X-SE4T
Frequency: 8kHz-16kHz
Communication Distance: 10km
Communication Rate:100-4kbps
Bit Error Rate:
10⁻⁴
Operating Range: 6000m
How the UAC-08160X-OEM Works
The UAC-08160X-OEM is a compact and highly integrable underwater acoustic communication module, designed for seamless integration into AUVs, ROVs, buoys, and subsea platforms. As part of the UAC-08160X series, it delivers the same long-range and reliable performance as full-size underwater acoustic modems, while offering flexibility for system developers and integrators.
Signal Processing & Modulation
- Digital data from host systems—such as subsea sensors, AUVs, or surface buoys—is fed into the module through standard serial interfaces (RS-232 / RS-485 / RS-422).
- The UAC-08160X-OEM applies advanced modulation schemes (MASS, SC-MPSK) to encode information onto acoustic carriers in the 8–16 kHz frequency band, enabling stable underwater acoustic communication across varying marine conditions.
Acoustic Transmission in the Marine Environment
- Once modulated, the acoustic signals are transmitted through water, covering ranges up to 10 km with data rates from 100 bps to 4 kbps.
- Operating in half-duplex mode, the system alternates between transmitting and receiving, ensuring efficient use of bandwidth.
- The module is engineered to withstand propagation challenges such as multipath reflections, salinity variations, and deep-sea pressure, ensuring consistent performance in subsea communication networks.
Reception & Data Reconstruction
- A hydrophone captures the incoming acoustic signals, which are then demodulated by the OEM board.
- Original digital data is reconstructed and sent back to the host platform for control commands, telemetry, or real-time monitoring.
- Optimized power management allows the OEM underwater acoustic modem to support long-duration autonomous operations, even in power-limited subsea systems.
Deployment & System Integration
- The OEM design makes it easy to embed into existing subsea vehicles, moored observatories, or permanent ocean monitoring stations.
- With its lightweight and compact form factor, the UAC-08160X-OEM is ideal for portable or space-constrained underwater systems.
- Standardized electrical interfaces ensure compatibility with a wide range of scientific, industrial, and defense applications.
Typical Applications
- Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) – reliable subsea communication for navigation and data transfer.
- Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) – real-time telemetry and control in offshore operations.
- Seafloor observatories & subsea monitoring stations – long-term environmental monitoring and geophysical data collection.
- Offshore energy and infrastructure monitoring – pipelines, cables, and subsea equipment integrity checks.
- Buoy-based relay systems – enabling data transfer from deep-sea sensors to surface platforms.
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