Ultrasonic Recording Power Consumption

Power consumption measurements taken using a single SanDisk® 256 GB Extreme 180 MB/s SD card. Power consumption can vary significantly between cards, even among those with similar labels from a single manufacturer.

Table 1. Ultrasonic Monitoring Power Consumption

Sample Rate (kHz)

Armed

Power (mW)

Triggered

Power (mW)

256

47

189

384

51

209

500

59

228
Table 2. Expected Runtime: Default Ultrasonic Settings, Ten-Hour Nights, 10% Trigger Ratio

Battery Configuration

Deployment Length (Nights)

8x Alkaline AA

50

6x Lithium-Ion

125