Nor848B Acoustic Camera

Nor848B Acoustic camera

The Norsonic Nor848B acoustic camera is a module based approach to acoustic camera that gives the user both portability and great resolution for a wide range of measurement situations.

• Hextile

  Lightweight and portable

• Multitile

  Great resolution

• Multitile (LF mode)

  Low frequency measurements

Features

Acoustic beamforming arrays, commonly known as acoustic cameras, enable the user to visualise different sound sources at different frequencies and source strengths. The resolution and ability to resolve sound sources spaced closely apart, and at lower frequencies, is mainly decided by overall size and number of microphones of the equipment being used. Although image manipulation and deconvolution techniques on the beamformed results might give added resolution, in practise the properties of the array still influence the results. This size versus resolution criteria is the crux of the acoustic camera market. Users want something that is small, light weight, and portable, while at the same time having excellent resolution, and the ability to go low in frequency. This has been an impossible demand for a single system – until now.

The Norsonic Hextile is a module based approach to acoustic camera that gives the user both portability and great resolution for a wide range of measurement situations. The array dish is based on a hexagon shape, given it both its name, and the ability to combine several tiles into larger systems.

Options

Hextile

With a single Hextile, the user has a small, portable and lightweight acoustic camera that can be used for a wide range of measurement situations. The Hextile is a USB based acoustic camera, with a single USB cable for both power and data transfer – no extra battery cable needed. The array is made from robust and lightweight aluminium, has 128 MEMS microphones, and is less than 3 kg in weight while having a maximum diameter of 46 cm. The low frequency limit for the Hextile is 410 Hz.

Multitile

For users that require better resolution both in lower frequencies and overall, three single Hextiles can be combined to a larger Multitile system, consisting of 384 microphones with a maximum diameter of 96 cm. The low frequency limit for the Multitile is 220 Hz.

Multitile (LF mode)

For special low frequency applications below 1 kHz, it is also possible to utilise the Multitile in the low frequency configuration as the Multitile (LF mode). By placing the individual Hextiles further away, the maximum diameter of the complete array system is increased to 1.46 m, making it ideal for low frequency measurements. The Multitile (LF mode) is for low frequency measurements below 1 kHz, with a lowest frequency limit of 120 Hz.

Specification

Audio and Video

• Connection: USB
• Microphones: 128 MEMS microphones
• Max sound level: 120 dB
• Min sound level (system): 9 dBA
• SNR per microphone: 65 dBA
• SNR array (system): 82 dBA
• Audio sampling rate: 44.1 kHz
• Camera resolution: 2592 x 1944
• Opening angle: 105°
• Frame rate: 15 FPS
• Operating temperature range: -40 to +85

Frequency Response

• Per microphone (flat): 100 Hz – 20 kHz
• Per microphone: -26 +/-3dBFS/Pa @1 kHz 94 dB
• Spatial sensitivity Hextile: 410 Hz – 20 kHz
• Spatial sensititivy Multitile: 220 Hz – 20 kHz
• Spatial sensititivy Multitile (LF mode): 120 Hz – 1 kHz

Physical

• Dimension Hextile: 41 cm x 48 cm, Ø 48 cm
• Dimension Multitile: 83 cm x 84 cm, Ø 96 cm
• Dimension Multitile (LF mode): 126 cm x 121 cm, Ø 146 cm
• Weight Hextile: < 3 kg
• Weight Multitile: < 10 kg
• Material: Aluminium
• Power consumption: < 3 W