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Mk10-AFB Transmitting Fast-GPS Tag- Basic model

The Mk10-AFB tag is a lower-priced option to the Mk10-AF. The Mk10-AFB adds the Wildlife Computers Cricket Argos transmitter and Fastloc™ technology to a more basic version of the Mk10 archival tag. The Mk10-AFB has similar capabilities to the Mk10-AF, but has no depth or light-level sensors, and only 1Mbyte of data storage. It can archive and transmit Fastloc™ GPS locations, haul-out (wet/dry) timelines, and time-at-temperature histogram data.

Direct U.S. prices start at $3400. Please contact us for pricing on specific configurations.

For more information on Fastloc™ technology, see Wildtrack Telemetry Systems.

Controller features The Mk10 has a low-power design that is optimized for long battery life. The controller contains a real-time clock, up to eight 12-bit analog-to-digital converters, 512 KBytes of low-power static RAM, support for FLASH data memory, and 128 KBytes of program FLASH memory. The operating code of the Mk10 resides in this code memory and can be upgraded. This means you can always have the most up-to-date version of on-board software, regardless of when the tag was purchased.

User-programmable sampling protocols Sampling is controlled by a user-specified sampling protocol. The user programs the rate at which each sensor is sampled, and whether or not sampling is suspended when the wet/dry sensor reads dry. Different channels can be sampled at different rates, so that slowly-changing sensor readings can be sampled less frequently than fast-changing sensor readings.

Location accuracy Service Argos provides the locations with an accuracy as good as ±350m. Additionally the data from the Fastloc™ module can be post-processed (with supplied software) to generate locations with GPS precision.

Communication Wildlife Computers provides an interface to the Mk10 that runs on a PC. This interface allows the user to set up the tag for deployment, and download the data after recovery.