Applied Microsystems has indicated that it is in the final stages of testing the oceanographic industry's first truly field-swappable conductivity and temperature sensors.  Building upon the availability of field-swappable sound velocity and pressure sensors,  C•Xchange™ and T•Xchange™ will make Applied Microsystems the only manufacturer of oceanographic instrumentation to offer a CTD or sound velocity instrument where all core sensors are field-swappable.

Each Xchange™ sensor will contain its own embedded calibration, meaning that individual sensor heads can be moved from instrument-to-instrument without recalibration. This flexibility promises to dramatically alter the way that users interact with their instruments.

With C•Xchange™ and T•Xchange™ sensor heads, CTDs  will no longer need to be returned to a service centre for recalibration.  Similarly, individual instruments will have the ability to be reconfigured on the fly to operate at varying depths or in varying temperature and conductivity environments.  Finally, spare sensors can be used on multiple instruments, dramatically reducing the cost of system redundancy.

Field-swappable sensor heads mean that any organization - end user, distributor, agent, or OEM - has the ability to become a recalibration centre without the extensive calibration infrastructure previously required.

Applied Microsystems is based outside of Victoria, Canada and designs and delivers ocean instrumentation - primarily CTDs and sound velocimeters - to oceanographic and hydrographic customers.

For more information on C•Xchange™ and T•Xchange™, please contact sales@AppliedMicrosystems.com