Revolutionary heading sensor with advanced GPS technology. FURUNO’s advanced GPS technology ensures highly accurate heading data for AIS, ECDIS, Radar, Autopilots and more.
The SC-50 is a satellite compass that uses FURUNO’s advanced GPS technology. The satellite compass can be used for a wide range of applications for any type of vessel. Radar/ARPA, AIS, ECDIS, scanning sonar and Autopilots can utilize the functions of this compass. As the SC-50 uses GPS carrier frequency to determine heading, the performance is not affected by ship’s speed, latitude, geomagnetism, etc. Settling time is almost instantaneous and the follow-up performance is excellent, achieving 45°/s (SOLAS HSC Code requires 20°/s as a minimum).
The satellite compass delivers GPS positioning, SOG (Speed Over Ground), COG (Course Over Ground) and ROT (Rate of Turn). SOG accuracy is achieved by decoding the Doppler shift in the received satellite signals. The information can be output in IEC61162-2 format, at the high update rate up to 38.4 kbps to satisfy the high speed data-output requirements in special applications.
The pitch and roll angle is output both in analog and digital formats to external equipment. For sonar or fish finders, the SC-50 can function as a highly accurate motion sensor through compensating the transmitted/received beams affected by pitch/roll. This results in the presentation of stable echo pictures even in rough seas.
