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Head Office SARTI Technological Development Centre of Remote Acquisition and Data processing Systems Technical University of Catalonia Rambla Exposició s/n 08800 Vilanova i la Geltrú (Barcelona, Spain) Member of: Xarxa de centres de suport a la innovació tecnològica ( Innovation Network ) ISO 9001:2000 Acredited by: Det Norske Veritas Publisher/Editor: Antoni Mànuel Lázaro Editorial Board: Joaquin Del Rio, Manuel Moreno, Gerard Olivar, Enric Trullols Associate: Alfonso Carlosena (UPN), Juan José Doñobeitia (CSIC), Eulalia Gràcia (CISC), Joan Martí (CSIC), Rogelio Palomera (UPR),Carlos Samitier (GNE), Francesc Sardà (CSIC) Production/Design: Andreu Torrijos, Olga Gualdo, Shahram Shariat Panahi Language adviser: Patricia Benson Collaborations: Distributed Virtual Laboratory for the Acquisition and Processing of Oceanographic Data : (SARTI) Autonomous Ocean Bottom Seismometers Signal: (SARTI) Non-Smooth Bifurcations in Electronic Circuits: G. Olivar (SARTI), F.Angulo (Universidad Nacional de Colombia) Software optimisation for the design, construction and testing of trawling techniques. J.Anonijuan (SARTI), J.Prats (SARTI), O.Gualdo (SARTI), A.Folch (CSIC) Hardwre-Software Co-Design for Fingerprint Biometric Identification: M.Lòpez (SARTI). E.Cantó, M.Palomera, F.Fons, M.Fons, N.Canyelles (ETSE-URV) Submarine Mapping using Multibeam Bathymetry and and Acoustic Backscatter: Illuminating the Seafloor: S. Diez (UTM-CSIC), E.Gràcia (UTM-CSIC) SCRIED TCP-IP technologies applied to distributed data acquisition systems in the Hesperides vessel: A.Mànuel (SARTI), J. DEl Rio (SARTI) Autonomous system for temperature measurement of electrical cable surface. A. Mànuel (SARTI), J. DEl Rio (SARTI), E.Torruella (SARTI) ISSN 1697-2562 DL B-51.702-03 This issue has been designed using Adobe Pagemaker, serial number 1039-1413-9288-5774-8172-4630 Cover: Multibeam echo-sounder INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS Authors interested in publishing articles in «Instrumentation Viewpoint», should send them to: - [email protected] - SARTI Centro Tecnológico de Vilanova i la Geltrú Rambla exposición s/n, 08800 Vilanova i la Geltrú (Barcelona) The acceptance of the articles presented depends on their scientific quality and their adaptation to the magazine’s editorial line. Preferably, the articles should be written in English or Spanish using a text processor which allows ASCII character conversion. Contact us by e-mail: [email protected] 2Instrumentation Viewpoint, Sarti News Bulletin