| The standard tricorder remains the primary portable sensing, computing, and data-communications device incorporating miniaturized versions of standard scientific instruments. Touch controls or voice commands provide operational access. The medical peripheral add-on. The upgraded device measures 15.81 by 7.62 by 2.84 centimeters and masses 298.3 grams. The casing is gamma-strengthened polyduranide. The control surfaces retain the familiar operator interface and 3.5 by 2.4 centimeter display screen. The major optronic subassemblies include the power loop, sensor assemblies, primary processors, control and display interface, subspace transceiver assembly, and memory storage units. An induction-rechargeable sarium-krellide energy cell rated for thirty-six hours of continuous use with all subsystems active provides power. This value will increase with fewer active subsystems. The typical power level is 16.4 watts. The available sensor assemblies have been increased to 315 mechanical, EM, and subspace devices mounted about the internal frame and embedded in the casing. One hundred eighty-nine are clustered in the forward end for directional readings, with a field-of-view (FOV) lower limit of 52.3 arc-seconds. The other 126 omnidirectional devices make measurements of the surrounding space. The previously available deployable hand sensor on the standard tricorder has been eliminated, made obsolete by the increased resolution of the main unit. The TR-590 polled main computing segments (PMCS), the primary data processors, are divided among the five inner casing surfaces and are rated at 275 giga-floating point (GFP) calculations per second. The data-storage sections include eight wafers of densified chromopolymer isolinear crystal for a total capacity of 9.12 kiloquads. The control and display interface (CDI) routes commands from the panel buttons and display screen to the PCMS for execution of tricorder functions. The opaque control surfaces are fabricated from thin-file copper dilefinate infused with metallic dyes to fix the graphical content. The display screen incorporates a standard nanopixel matrix similar to that used in padds and consoles. Communications with other data units is performed by the STA, with range limited to forty thousand kilometers, similar to the communicator badge. The Bajoran tricorder has been optimized for detecting andanalyzing a smaller number of physical phenomena that it's Starfleet counterpart. As deployed on Deep Space 9, the unit is primarily tasked with forensic procedures, tracing anomalous energy fields and particles, identifying and tracking residual weapons signatures, and uncovering contraband materials within the station cargo bays and docked vessels. |
| Starfleet Tricorder |
| The unit measures 15.23 by 8.28 by 5.33 centimeters and masses 262.1 grams. The case is molded toranium tetraborate and consists of a single unarticulated object. The optronic subassemblies are similar to those in the Starfleet version. Power is provided by either a sarium-krellide cell or replaceable isotolinium ampule; both provide approximately twenty-three hours of continuous use. The 154 sensors assemblies include wide-band RF and subspace EM detectors, atmospheric, and vaporized-solids analyzers, all mounted within the casing on replaceable cards. Ninety are focused through the forward end, with an average FOV of three minutes of arc. Six are focused laterally, and the remaining forty-nine are omnidirectional. The computational section consists of a block of six stacked isolinear processors of Starfleet-type chromopolymer and rated at 230 GFP calculations per second. Data storage is handeled by ten densified isolinear wafers with a total capacity of 12.1 kiloquads. The controls are hardwired, rasied buttons combining push and slide movements. The display screen is a single nanopixel matrix 1.10 by 6.79 centimeters, with limited touch or stylus activation. The basic Bajoran combadge subspace transceiver, minus power cell, is installed to handle data flow to base devices. |
| Bajoran Tricorder |
| The Cardassian tricorder has been analyzed from captured units and units obtained through undisclosed means. In contrast to both the Starfleet and Bajoran devices, the cardassian version is much more limited in function, and has been characterized as more of an emergency or battle-ready scanner. On of the study units was rigged with an age, antitamper charge of trilithium explosive. The charge, discovered during the initial high-resolution deep structural scan, was disarmed prior ro disassembly. The unit measures 15.876 by 10.16 by 5.71 centimeters and masses 248.34 grams. The casing is partially refined toranium tetraborate and is a single handheld object. The optronic subassemblies are similar in technology to the Bajoran device. Power is provided by a single rechargeable isotolinium ampule with approximately twelve hours of continuous use. Forty sensor assemblies include only RF and subspace EM detectors mounted in the head end. Thirty-one forward looking sensors have an FOV of 2.3 degrees. The remaining nine are omnidirectional. Data processing is accomplished by two type-1 isolinear rods rated at 121 GFP calculations per second. Data storage is limited to two type-1 memory rods with a total storage capacity of 2.5 kiloquads. The controls are primarily electrosensitive pads incorporating touch and slide movements. The display screen is a single nanopixel matrix 3.2 by 2.3 centimeters, with no apparent touch or stylus response. No subspace transceiver was present in the units analyzed, though small voids in the casing suggest that a small unit could be installed. |
| Cardassian Tricorder |