Static repository for documentation, source code, and CAD files for version 2.1 of the microSWIFT wave buoy.
microSWIFT is a low-cost, expendable, freely drifting wave buoy built by at the UW Applied Physics Lab. It uses the Iridium satellite network to report real-time ocean wave data. It also supports additional measurements such as surface salinity and temperature via auxiliary sensors.
microSWIFT can be deployed from an aircraft through a standard A-size Sonobuoy tube. This makes it ideal for collecting wave data in environments not accessible by ship, such as in the path of a hurricane or in polar regions. It can also be deployed by hand over the side of a ship like a traditional buoy or drifter.
The name microSWIFT owes to the fact that it is a miniaturized version of a SWIFT wave drifter. SWIFT is an acronym for Surface Wave Instrument Float with Tracking.
Visit the main APL project page for more information: https://apl.washington.edu/swift
Database (real time and archive) is available here: https://faculty.washington.edu/jmt3rd/SWIFTdata/DynamicDataLinks.html
A full Python package for working with microSWIFT telemetry data is available as a separate repository: https://github.com/SASlabgroup/microSWIFTtelemetry
The microSWIFT v2 onboard software is here: https://github.com/SASlabgroup/microSWIFT-V2
The first version of the microSWIFT was based on a Raspberry Pi Zero and ran on Python code. Documentation and operational code can be found a the microSWIFT v1 repo: https://github.com/SASlabgroup/microSWIFT