Ruggedized triggering handle with modular peripheral control system

A ruggedized handle device for a modular mobile sensing system, comprising:

• an outer shell fashioned of a high impact material and enclosing an inner shell fashioned of the high impact material,
• the outer shell comprising an upper portion removably attached to a lower portion via at least one physical attachment component,
• the lower portion at least partially contoured to a hand of a user,
• the upper portion configured to securely support a mobile computing device,
• at least one memory disposed within the outer shell and configured to store one or more encoded instructions associated with the mobile computing device;
• at least one triggering element disposed within the inner shell and coupled to the at least one memory, the triggering element configured to:
• establish a wireless link to the mobile computing device according to at least one wireless protocol;
• and
• transmit the one or more encoded instructions to the mobile computing device when the handle device is in an active state;
• a trigger corresponding to an index finger of the hand and capable of actuation by the index finger, the actuation configured to initiate the active state;
• one or more peripheral sensor modules serially attachable between the lower portion and the upper portion, each peripheral sensor module connected to at least one of the upper portion, the lower portion, and another peripheral sensor module via at least one of the physical attachment component and an electrical connector configured to supply the peripheral sensor module with operating power.