Smaller Form Factor, Greater Flexibility
Nortek’s legacy Vector was introduced in 1999. The Generation 2 version has several key upgrades in both design and performance from the legacy version, designed with flexibility in mind. It’s much smaller form factor enables deployments in areas previously inaccessible to the Vector, and compatibility with multiple battery canister options removes the need for internal batteries and allows users to choose a power solution appropriate for their application.
Additionally, the Generation 2 Vector includes an interface box, allowing the instrument to communicate via both Ethernet and serial using a single cable. Finally, following Nortek’s tradition, the Generation 2 Vector offers an LED that blinks at the user-defined sampling rate while collecting data, providing peace of mind during deployment.
Field-Tested Performance Made Possible by Modern Upgrades
Modern electronics and broadband processing improve the instrument’s precision for a given power consumption, making longer deployments possible on the same amount of battery power.
A short-range echosounder has also been added, enabling users to image structures in the water column. This is especially useful to those investigating sediment transport or changes in bottom morphology.
Enabling the Next Generation of High-Resolution Current Measurement
The Generation 2 Vector opens doors for oceanographers and marine researchers looking to capture turbulence, measure currents in hard-to-access environments, or operate in large flumes. Contact Nortek with any questions about the capabilities of the Generation 2 Vector velocimeter.
