Hardware
Cicada.
A solar-powered acoustic recorder that runs unattended and tells you how it's doing.
Features
- Near real-time monitoring Data uploads within seconds of the event that triggered it.
- Solar powered Runs from a 12 V panel, an external supply, or its own cells.
- Built for the field Sealed polycarbonate enclosure with an external antenna.
- Remote configuration Change sample rate and recording behaviour without a site visit.
- Device health Battery, charge state and connectivity, reported continuously.
Specifications
- Microphone
- Low-noise omnidirectional electret capsule, external mount
- Analog front end
- Regulated mic bias, guarded input to the converter
- Channels
- Mono. Two-channel converter, one channel fitted
- Sample rates
- 16, 24, 32 and 48 kHz. 32 kHz default
- Resolution
- 24-bit conversion, 16-bit recording
- Gain
- Programmable, set in software
- Compute
- Dual-core microcontroller, 16 MB flash, 8 MB PSRAM
- Wireless
- Wi-Fi 2.4 GHz, external antenna, TLS
- Storage
- microSD up to 1 TB, FAT32
- Power input
- 5 to 24 V DC. 12 V solar panel or external supply. USB-C
- Battery
- 4 × 18650 Li-ion cells
- Runtime
- Up to 8 days on battery alone. Longer with solar, depending on site and season.
- Charging
- MPPT solar charge controller
- Enclosure
- IP66 and IP68 polycarbonate, UL94 V-0
Deployment
We plan deployments with you rather than selling them off a page. Site layout, power, network and what you need from the data all change the answer.