DESIGN FOR MINIATURIZED, RUGGEDIZED, LOW-COST SEISMIC STATION FOR DEPLOYMENT IN THIRD-WORLD ENVIRONMENTS

SCIENCE HORIZONS' PROPOSES TO DESIGN A RUGGED, MINIATURIZED, LOW-COST SEISMIC STATION WITH THE DESIGN BASED ON THE CIM TI COMMUNICATIONS PROCESSOR. THE DESIGN WILL SATISFY THE FOLLOWING THREE OPERATING SCENARIOS. IN THE FIRST, THE CIM II FUNCTIONS SIMPLY AS A DATA LOGGER WITH NO MOVING PARTS. IN THE SECOND, THE CIM II FUNCTIONS NOT ONLY AS A DATA LOGGER, BUT ALSO AS A COMMUNICATIONS INTERFACE MODULE WHEREBY THE DIGITAL DATA ARE CONTINUOUSLY SENT TO AN ANALYSIS SITE. IN THE THIRD, THE CIM II FUNCTIONS NOT ONLY AS A DATA LOGGER, BUT ALSO AS AN EVENT DETECTOR AND SEGMENTOR. ONLY SEGMENTED DATA IS INITIALLY TRANSMITTED TO THE ANALYSIS SITE. THE ANALYSIS SITE IS THEN ABLE TO REQUEST CONTINUOUS DATA FROM ANY PORTION OF THE PREVIOUS TWENTY (20) DAYS IN ORDER TO SUPPLEMENT THE DATA OBTAINED FROM THE SEGMENTED WAVE FORMS. WE INTEND TO DESIGN A SINGLE DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM THAT IS CAPABLE OF OPERATING UNDER ANY OF THESE THREE SCENARIOS. THE DESIGN WILL USE COMMERCIAL, OFF-THE-SHELF PRODUCTS WHICH WILL SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE THE COST AND DECREASE THE DELIVERY TIME OF THE PRODUCTION UNITS.