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Build your own BeagleBox 2!

Posted on May 9, 2016May 12, 2016 By Andrew Thaler
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A more comprehensive build guide, along with the 3D printer files, can be found in the BeagleBox GitHub Repository. 

 

The BeagleBox 2 is a dirt-cheat, tough, versatile field computer built from 3D-printed parts, off-the-shelf hardware, and a single board computer. You can read all about it here: The BeagleBox 2: a dirt-cheap, tough-as-nails, 3D-printed, versatile field laptop.

Let’s build one!

The Brain of the BeagleBox 2
The Brain of the BeagleBox 2

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The BeagleBox 2: a dirt-cheap, tough-as-nails, 3D-printed, versatile field laptop.

Posted on May 9, 2016May 12, 2016 By Andrew Thaler
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The BeagleBox 2
The BeagleBox 2

Last year, as part of Oceanography for Everyone, we debuted the BeagleBox, a small, cheap, tough, basic field computer powered by a BeagleBone Black. The first BeagleBox didn’t promise much, it was designed for basic field work and, most importantly, to be cheap enough that researchers (particularly grad students) wouldn’t be too worried about damaging it. It wasn’t designed to be your only computer but to replace your more valuable computer when participating in fieldwork.

In the last year, the single board computer landscape has changed, with new systems running off tiny, powerful 64bit ARM chips. One of the first of this new breed of SCB to hit the market was the massively Kickstarted, and rocky-launching Pine64. I received my 1GB Pine64 late last week, and immediately set to work redesigning the BeagleBox to house this larger board (and correct for some other annoyances in the original design). So here it is, an even beefier, cheaper, tougher field machine.

Yes, it will run an OpenROV. It will not run it well.
Yes, it will run an OpenROV. It will not run it well.

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