--- title: "Areas: Hardware & power | Nexus Observatory" description: "Areas of the Hardware & power platform: Form factors, Power, Ruggedisation and Mobile and deployable. Sensor nodes to 7U racks, enclosures and masts…" url: https://observatory.global/hardware/areas/ publisher: Nexus Observatory Inc. updated: 2026-11-02 --- [Nexus Observatory](https://observatory.global/) / [Hardware & power](https://observatory.global/hardware/) / **Areas** # Hardware & power, area by area. Each area of the platform has its own page: the systems in it, the standards it is drawn against, the industries it serves and how we deliver it. [Plan with us](https://observatory.global/hardware/contact/deployment/) [Technologies](https://observatory.global/hardware/technologies/) Areas · **6** Technologies · **64** Industries · **12** **01** Areas ## Hardware & power, area by area. Choose an area for its systems, standards, the industries it serves and how we deliver it. [01 Form factorsSensor node, gateway, 7U rack, shelter.Open the area →](https://observatory.global/hardware/form-factors/) [02 PowerSolar, battery and microgrids, sized to the load.Open the area →](https://observatory.global/hardware/power/) [03 RuggedisationIngress, thermal, vibration and shock, specified per site.Open the area →](https://observatory.global/hardware/ruggedisation/) [04 Mobile and deployableVehicles, vessels and airborne platforms.Open the area →](https://observatory.global/hardware/mobile-and-deployable/) [05 Reference designsDrawn to scale, published once licensed.Open the area →](https://observatory.global/hardware/reference-designs/) [06 OEMCo-engineering with instrument and enclosure makers.Open the area →](https://observatory.global/hardware/oem/) **02** Open and enterprise ## Open by default. Enterprise by contract. The open layer lives on the main site, free to use and build on. Enterprise services are delivered under contract by Nexus Observatory Inc. Open, on the main site - Device classes with 3D models - Reference designs (licence pending) Enterprise, on this site - Kit supply - Bills of materials and deployment plans - OEM co-engineering **03** On this site ## Where to go next. [Hardware & power TechnologiesThe layered map of what we build with.Open →](https://observatory.global/hardware/technologies/) [Hardware & power ArchitectureLayers, functions and evidence.Open →](https://observatory.global/hardware/architecture/) [Hardware & power IndustriesThe industry sites built on this platform.Open →](https://observatory.global/hardware/industries/) [Hardware & power ResourcesExplainer, stories, specification and forms.Open →](https://observatory.global/hardware/resources/) ## Bring us the site. We bring the survey, the design and the crew. The form names who receives your details. 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