GFZ German research centre for geo sciences

Recorder / DSS CUBE

Physical Parameter
Size                                                10 x 10 x 8,3 cm3 (830ml)
Weight                                          1 kg with batteries
Temperature                              -40 - 60°C
Waterproof                                 1m water 48 h

A/D
channel                                          1
Input impedance                       10 kOhm (optimized for Geophones)
Full scale input                            0.4096 Vpp
Type                                                 Delta-Sigma
Sample rate                                  800, 400, 200, 100, 50 sps
ADC                                                  24 bit
effective Resolution                  22 bits @ 100 sps

Time Base
GPS                                                    GPS build in
Typical                                              <10 ms for 20 days without processing
Stability/Accuracy                       <0.01 ms with processing (resampling)

Interface
Type                                                  USB 2.0 control, data download, setup & firmware upload

Data Storage
Internal Storage type                  SD memory card
Capacity                                           2 GB
recording type                                continous recording

Power
Batteries                                           2 D cells
Power                                                174 mW cont.GPS / 90 mW GPS cycled (both cont. recording)
                                                             max. runtime with 2 D-cell batteries up to 9 days with cont.GPS /
                                                             up to 20 days with cycled GPS
External power                              4.5 - 23 V

Connectors
Sensor                                              MIL-C-2684 A12-10S
Power/Communication             MIL-C-2684 A10-07P

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