dAISy-catcher high-performance AIS receiver

The dAISy-catcher is a best-in-class, high-performance AIS receiver developed in collaboration with AIS-catcher. This AIS receiver is optimized for maximum message count and range, and is ideally suited for shore stations that seek to maximize coverage.

AIS (automatic identification system) is an automatic tracking system for ships. Ships broadcast their position and other information over VHF. The dAISy-catcher allows you to receive these transmissions, enabling real-time tracking of nearby vessels.

The dAISy-catcher outputs the AIS data as a stream of ASCII messages, which are encoded in a marine standard format known as NMEA AIVDM sentences. This format is understood by applications and devices like chart plotters, marine data aggregators, and can be processed by many opensource libraries.

The dAISy-catcher can be operated as a USB device, or as a Raspberry Pi HAT. 

Documentation for the dAISy-catcher is available here.

Specification

• High sensitivity SDR receiver architecture
• Continuously receives on two AIS channels
• Outputs AIS data in industry standard NMEA sentences (AIVDM)
• Supports all AIS frequencies (161.975 MHz, 162.025 MHz, 156.775 MHz, 156.825 MHz)
• Supports all AIS message types (1-28)
• Sensitivity better than -120 dBm @ 20% PER
• Female SMA connector for 50 Ohm VHF antenna (antenna not included)
• 115200 bps primary serial interface for AIS output and device configuration
• Secondary serial interface for optional GNSS add-on for precision timestamps
• 5 V power, 3.3 V logic
• Low power: 100 mA power consumption
• Lightweight: 20 g (0.7 oz)
  

See documentation for detailed specification.

Warranty, shipping, etc.

Our AIS receivers are professionally assembled in the USA. We offer a 12 month warranty on the product (excluding physical or water damage). Please contact us if your AIS receiver prematurely fails or if you encounter any other technical issues.