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VetcoGray, a GE Oil & Gas Company
Booth # 1117
SemStar5
SEM5 is a 5th Generation Subsea Electronics Module for use in subsea production control systems. The SEM offers new levels of Open Architecture IP Enabled communication capabilities through the application of a truly modular design approach, realising industry subsea plug-and-play ambitions.
An extensive variety of modem options in terms of type and speed are designed to satisfy any customer's bandwidth and offset requirements. The SEM also supports Industry-standard interfaces SIIS 1-3 and IWIS as well as full sensor interface capability. A 32-bit micro controller using a commercial RTOS processing module can be fitted as daughterboard to any internal electronic module that requires processing power, each with its own independent IP address directly addressable from the surface. All internal cards have the same format and the majority can be fitted in any backplane slot.
SEM5 captures VetcoGray's design heritage and learning from over 25 years subsea experience and represents a radical new approach, which capitalises on GE's well-known leadership in electronics. Inherent within the design are measures to enhance SEM5's resilience to future obsolescence issues with electronic components, currently an industry wide issue. Enhanced reliability is achieved with thermal management and modelling integral to the design; on-board diagnostics and fault tolerant I/O. The robust mechanical construction will meet shock, vibration and temperature-cycle requirements of ISO 13628.
