The BeagleBox: a dirt cheap, tough-as-nails field computer
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**A Small Field Book Built Into A Pelican Case Powered By A Beaglebone Black Or Your Sbc Of Choice.** Fieldwork Is Tough. You'Re In The Elements, Facing Wind, Rain, And Salt Spray, Sometime On An Open Boat Far Out In The Atlantic. You And Your Gear Takes A Beating. But You'Re Out There Because There'S Science That Need To Get Done. Your Equipment Is Controlled Via Computer. Your Data Entry Mandates A Computer. This Means That Your Precious Laptop Needs To Come With You. For Graduate Students And Early Career Scientists, This Can Be A Dilemma. Do You Take Your One And Only Computer Out Into The Field And Risk Damaging It, Or Do You Leave It Brute-Force Your Way Through Sampling Without It. This Equation Is, Counter-Intuitively, Getting Worse. Our Sensors, Sampling Devices, And Scanners Are Getting Cheaper And Lighter. Rather Than Buying A $20,000 Piece Of Equipment, You Can Get A $20 Chip, But There'S A Trade Off. Chip-Based Systems Rely On External Processing Power, They Need A General Computer. It Does Not Need To Be A Good One. Say Hello To The Beaglebox, A Dirt Cheap, Tough-As-Nails Field Computer For About $200. A Full Description An Build Guide Can Be Found At [Oceanography For Everyone](Https://Github.Com/Oceanographyforeveryone/Beaglebox/Blob/Master/Readme.Md). Support More Projects Like This By Contributing To My Patreon: [Tools For Ocean Science And Conservation](Https://Www.Patreon.Com/Andrew_Thaler?Ty=H)
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