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I agree that a proper ruggedized industrial PC would fit better (and cost only a few hundyed more). If their software could work on it, or could be adapted / ported, that would be a great choice. But I suspect that what they have now is mostly married to Pi.

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Power is also a concern (at least for sailboats). While there are certainly other 12v computers, that is one of the pluses for rPi in this.

I've worked extensively with NXP's IMX6 hardware installed on carrier boards from a few different vendors. If you're looking for something bulletproof for long-term installation, I'd definitely recommend looking through their product lines.

Seco: https://edge.seco.com/usa/ and Variscite: https://www.variscite.com/products/system-on-module-som/?cpu... are two of the vendors I've worked with and had great experiences with.

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