Hyperion Optical Sensors - Operating Manual:
MANUAL-1013637447-3 | issue: 1.6
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2022
– Valeport Ltd
1 Introduction - Hyperion Optical Sensor
Valeport’s range of Hyperion optical instruments delivers high performance optical measurements
for the following species:
•
Chlorophyll a
•
Fluorescein (Uranine)
•
Phycocyanin
•
Rhodamine
•
Sulforhodamine B
and
•
Turbidity
in a compact & robust package ideal as a standalone sensor, for ROV and AUV integration or used
as part of a multi-sensor array and data logger.
Offered as standard in a 6000m depth rated, Titanium housing the Hyperion mini type Optical
Instrument has a wide range (9-28V DC) isolated power supply, data output up to 16Hz and
RS232, 485 and Modbus communication protocols.
The Hyperion sensors can also be integrated into Valeport's SWiFT, rapidPro CTD and fastCTD
profilers and interfaced to MIDAS CTD+ type instruments.
The Hyperion has an accurate single channel detector which can be used for many different
fluorophores. It is designed for integration into systems providing electrical power and delivers a
signal that has been correlated to a known concentration of fluorophore.
1.1 Fluorophore & Nomenclature
“C”
Chlorophyll a
“F”
Fluorescein (Uranine)
"PC"
Phycocyanin
"R"
Rhodamine WT
“SRB”
Sulforhodamine B
More Fluorophores will become available in the Hyperion family of products - please check with
Valeport for availability.
Other optical, non-fluorescent technology:
"TU”
Turbidity
1.2 PCB Update
From November 2020 (serial numbers higher than 75100) a new PCB was introduced to the
Hyperion Fluorometer. The new MK2 PCB offers the same performance as the MK1 but no longer
requires the gain to be adjusted to achieve the full range performance.
