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Attention:


VQ580 is a CLASS 3B Laser Product. Direct exposure to the laser radiation is dangerous and may cause severe damage to eyes and skin.

DO NOT LOOK INTO THE TRANSMITTER LENS!

DO NOT POINT THE TRANSMITTER LENS AT PEOPLES EYES!


Operation of the VQ580 requires experienced staff on board the aircraft.

Summary

The Airborne Laser Scanner with Online Waveform Processing (high-accuracy) provides high speed, non-contact data acquisition using a narrow near-infrared laser beam and a fast line scanning mechanism. It was especially designed to measure on snow and ice.

Sensor-Info: aircraft:bt-67:vq580, 6778


ManufacturerRiegl
ModelVQ580
Serial No.n/a
Typelaser scanner



Contacts

NameInstitutionRole
Veit HelmAlfred-Wegener-InstituteDevice Contact

Components and Specifications

Besides the scanner itself operation of the laser scanner VQ580 requires an operator PC installed in a rack. For safety reasons a laser scanner key switch for easy emergency stop is also in installed in a rack.


NameModelSerial Number
Laser Scanner VQ580VQ580S9997784
Laser Scanner VQ580VQ580S9998874
Laser Scanner VQ580VQ580S9999057

Specifications of VQ580 (without mounting)

Dimension (L x W x H)

361 x 206 x 219 mm

Weight

13 kg

Power Supply

18 - 32 VDC

Data interface

TCP/IP

Data logging, storage and archiving

Logged parameter

ParameterSensor Output TypeUnit
surface scans for digital terrain modelsdistancenone

Rawdata storage on board

During flight VQ580 data are stored on an external PC with the scanner specific software RiAQUIRE running.

Data archiving on land

After the flight VQ580 data are downloaded from the PC and are made accessible via the external devices file system of the land Data Managment System (DMS).

Documentation



Also see https://sensor.awi.de/ for calibration certificates of the sensors.


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