Energy and Cost Considerations for Single Board Computers Usage in Citizen Science Scenarios

Pedro Verdugo, Joaquín Salvachúa, Gabriel Huecas

2017

Abstract

The rich availability of single board computers as an expansion of the traditional embedded system provides a low cost, easily managed, execution ready and scalable entry-level infrastructure, resulting in a new computing paradigm termed as Fog Computing. Simultaneously, the current expansion of Citizen Science initiatives along with the generalization of IOT projects precludes the need for individually managed, low complexity data processing systems, generating a new user-oriented ecosystem that has come to be defined as the Edge Cloud. In this document the authors will briefly study the adequacy of the current user-grade SBC hardware offerings to cover the needs set by the Citizen Science paradigm, starting by studying current Citizen Science projects in order to define the aforementioned set of specific requirements, and subsequently analyzing the hardware selection and provisioning process given the current non-enterprise user-grade supply for SBC computers, taking special consideration to power usage and total cost of ownership factors from a green computing perspective.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Verdugo P., Salvachúa J. and Huecas G. (2017). Energy and Cost Considerations for Single Board Computers Usage in Citizen Science Scenarios . In Proceedings of the 7th International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Embedded Computing and Communication Systems - Volume 1: PEC, (PECCS 2017) ISBN 978-989-758-266-0, pages 35-40. DOI: 10.5220/0006427200350040

in Bibtex Style

@conference{pec17,
author={Pedro Verdugo and Joaquín Salvachúa and Gabriel Huecas},
title={Energy and Cost Considerations for Single Board Computers Usage in Citizen Science Scenarios},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 7th International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Embedded Computing and Communication Systems - Volume 1: PEC, (PECCS 2017)},
year={2017},
pages={35-40},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006427200350040},
isbn={978-989-758-266-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 7th International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Embedded Computing and Communication Systems - Volume 1: PEC, (PECCS 2017)
TI - Energy and Cost Considerations for Single Board Computers Usage in Citizen Science Scenarios
SN - 978-989-758-266-0
AU - Verdugo P.
AU - Salvachúa J.
AU - Huecas G.
PY - 2017
SP - 35
EP - 40
DO - 10.5220/0006427200350040