Test Equipment

Test rigs and field tools — static wave/heave tester, off-grid access points, and local dashboards for watching real-time sensor data during testing.
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The supporting equipment used to bring up, verify, and debug buoys — either on the bench or out in the field where there’s no internet.

Static Wave/Heave Tester

A bench rig that imposes a known vertical motion on a buoy so its accelerometer + maths pipeline can be calibrated and verified against a ground truth. Used to:

  • Confirm the buoy reports the heave amplitude and period it actually sees
  • Catch sensor mounting errors before deployment
  • Regression-test firmware and maths changes against repeatable inputs

Status: placeholder. Mechanical design, drive method, and example test traces to follow.

Off-grid Access Point

A portable Wi-Fi access point used in the field — at a remote test site, on a ship, or anywhere there’s no internet. Lets the operator talk to buoys, the maths Pi, and the local dashboards without needing infrastructure to be there. Battery- or solar-powered, configured to work with the buoy’s own Wi-Fi mode.

Status: placeholder. Hardware list, configuration, and field setup notes to follow.

Local Dashboards

Web-based dashboards that run on the operator’s laptop or on the maths Pi and show real-time sensor data during testing — accelerometer traces, GPS lock state, battery voltage, temperature, IMU heading. The point is to see what the buoy is doing while you’re holding it, before sealing it up and trusting it to a deployment.

Status: placeholder. Screenshots and the local-server setup to follow.

BLE / Wi-Fi Access Boxes

Field tools used to configure and read out buoys without breaking the enclosure seal: BLE access boxes, Wi-Fi access boxes, and the host-side software that talks to them.

Status: placeholder. Tool designs and software to follow.