ImpulseRadar
CrossOver® User Manual V1.4
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Hardware
Overview
ImpulseRadar CrossOver® antennas are self-contained Ultra-Wide Band (UWB) Ground Penetrating
Radar (GPR) systems. The electronic design is based on a modern real-time sampling (RTS) technology
platform, offering state-of-the-art data acquisition capabilities. Each CrossOver® antenna incorporates
two separate GPR-channels, operating at high speed as well as an in-built differential GPS. The
following antennas are available at the time of writing:
Antenna
Abbreviation Centre Frequency
•
CrossOver® 730
CO730
70 MHz and 300 MHz
•
CrossOver® 1760
CO1760
170 MHz and 600 MHz
•
CrossOver® 4080
CO4080
400 MHz and 800 MHz
The CrossOver® antennas are supported with a range of accessories that includes push-carts (CO4080
and CO1760 only), pulling kits and external GPS mounts, as shown in
Figure 1
below.
Figure 1
System overview
Data collection is managed over a wireless link using a suitable Android device running the CrossOver®
App (CO-App). With the CO-App, the operator may collect single line data, albeit with two frequencies,
or a few different types of multi-line projects. Whether single line of project-based data has been
collected, data-sets may be directly imported into the CrossPoint® Windows software for processing
and evaluation.
Please note that, despite that we recommend quite high-performance devices for data acquisitions,
we regularly use ordinary Android phones for acquisition. This gives some limitations, such as zoom
and direct interpretation, but it is very convenient, in some applications.
