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The ECC-2D digital compass by Jewell

Durham Instruments supplies test and measurement solutions from various international manufacturers for Canadian businesses, including Jewell Instruments – which produces the ECC-2D series of digital compasses. With more than four decades of experience in providing precision, force-balanced accelerometers, Jewell offers electronic compass parts with its typically high attention to detail.

Each digital compass in the ECC-2D series is a low-cost, two-dimensional unit in a small package, with high reliability and low power consumption, perfect for industrial use.

Small footprint and multiple outputs

These instruments are ideal for several common industrial applications, such as platform stabilization, satellite antenna control, ROV/UUV unmanned underwater vehicles, marine navigation surveying and mapping, weather buoys, and antenna positioning. Durham Instruments recommends the ECC-2D series for use in numerous sectors, including general manufacturing, aerospace, automation, forestry, the military, mining, transportation, and research and development.

Other features of each of these digital compasses include heading accuracy of plus or minus one degree, hard and soft iron magnetic compensation, an operating temperature range from -40 to 85 degrees Celsius, a 5Vdc power supply, and an IP67 seal. Each unit weighs 160 grams without the cable and measures only 61 by 35 by 21 millimetres, which leaves a small footprint, and each has RS-232, RS-485, and TTL outputs. Every compass also has four wires for different functions, coloured red, black, yellow, and green. Among the technical specifications of these devices:

  • Heading resolution: 1/10 of a degree
  • Pitch accuracy: from one to three degrees
  • Pitch tilt angle: plus or minus 80 degrees
  • Roll accuracy: from one to three degrees
  • Roll tilt angle: plus or minus 80 degrees
  • Best compensation angular range: 40 degrees
  • Calibration: Both hard and soft iron calibration
  • Magnetic field interface calibration method: plane rotation in a circle (two-dimensional calibration)
  • Startup delay: less than 50 milliseconds
  • Maximum output rate: 20 hertz
  • Baud rate: 2,400 to 19,200
  • Output format: binary
  • Custom input voltage: nine to 36 Vdc
  • Input current: 45 mA (maximum operating); 35 mA (idle), no more than 35 mA (standby)

To learn more, contact Durham Instruments.


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