{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","id":"TR-SYS-001","slug":"platform","canonical_url":"https://flavorotor.com/research/platform","machine_readable_url":"https://flavorotor.com/research/data/chapters/platform.json","markdown_url":"https://flavorotor.com/research/markdown/platform","title":"Experimental platform","description":"System-level architecture of the rotating cultivation drum, reservoir, lighting, sensing, dosing and data systems.","chapter":"Experimental platform","version":"1.1","updated":"2026-07-26","table_of_contents":[{"id":"purpose","label":"Platform purpose"},{"id":"subsystems","label":"Subsystems"},{"id":"operation","label":"Cultivation cycle"},{"id":"internal-records","label":"Internal engineering records"},{"id":"provenance","label":"FlavoRotor design provenance"}],"html":"<section aria-label=\"Article summary\" class=\"fr-article-summary\"><div><span>In brief</span><p>System-level architecture of the rotating cultivation drum, reservoir, lighting, sensing, dosing and data systems.</p></div></section><figure class=\"fr-research-figure fr-research-figure-wide\"><img alt=\"Exploded FlavoRotor v2.0 assembly showing the rotating drum, central module, frame and base\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"/research/original/system-v2-exploded.webp\"/><figcaption><strong>System decomposition.</strong><span>The exploded view identifies the mechanical and functional layers that must be validated independently. Source: internal engineering record. <button aria-label=\"Open source record I02\" class=\"research-source-trigger\" data-research-source=\"I02\" type=\"button\">[I02]</button></span></figcaption></figure>\n<h2 id=\"purpose\">Platform purpose</h2>\n<p>The platform is designed to expose multiple plants to a common, logged environment while allowing programmable changes in cultivation inputs. Its role is not to assume a flavour outcome; its role is to deliver and record treatments with sufficient repeatability to test one.</p>\n<h2 id=\"subsystems\">Subsystems</h2>\n<div class=\"table-wrap\"><table><thead><tr><th>Subsystem</th><th>Controlled or observed quantity</th><th>Required validation</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Rotating drum</td><td>speed, direction, duty cycle, immersion sequence</td><td>RPM trace, position repeatability, vibration, load test</td></tr><tr><td>Magnetic drive</td><td>transmission ratio and overload slip</td><td>static slip torque and loaded endurance</td></tr><tr><td>Axial lighting</td><td>spectrum, PPFD, photoperiod</td><td>spectroradiometric map and DLI</td></tr><tr><td>Nutrient reservoir</td><td>volume, level, temperature, pH, EC</td><td>mixing time, drift, leak and sanitation test</td></tr><tr><td>Four-channel dosing</td><td>stock-liquid volume</td><td>channel-specific gravimetric calibration</td></tr><tr><td>Imaging</td><td>repeatable plant image</td><td>fixed geometry, exposure and colour reference</td></tr><tr><td>Data system</td><td>timestamped observations and commands</td><td>clock, schema, missing-data and audit-log tests</td></tr></tbody></table></div>\n<h2 id=\"operation\">Cultivation cycle</h2>\n<div class=\"process-chain\"><b>Recipe load</b><span>→</span><b>Pre-flight checks</b><span>→</span><b>Growth and logging</b><span>→</span><b>Treatment window</b><span>→</span><b>Standardised harvest</b><span>→</span><b>Analysis</b></div>\n<h2 id=\"internal-records\">Internal engineering records</h2>\n<p>The supplied v1 project report documents printed mechanical parts, sensor electronics, PCB fabrication, software monitoring and an incompletely assembled final device due to delayed components. The v2 report documents a revised magnetic-drive and four-pump design. This site therefore reports the platform as a documented engineering development; hardware performance is promoted only when a dedicated calibration report exists.</p>\n\n<h2 id=\"provenance\">FlavoRotor design provenance</h2><p>The system-specific configuration on this page is traced to the supplied FlavoRotor engineering records. <button aria-label=\"Open source record I01\" class=\"research-source-trigger\" data-research-source=\"I01\" type=\"button\">[I01]</button> <button aria-label=\"Open source record I02\" class=\"research-source-trigger\" data-research-source=\"I02\" type=\"button\">[I02]</button></p>","text":"In brief System-level architecture of the rotating cultivation drum, reservoir, lighting, sensing, dosing and data systems. System decomposition. The exploded view identifies the mechanical and functional layers that must be validated independently. Source: internal engineering record. [I02] Platform purpose The platform is designed to expose multiple plants to a common, logged environment while allowing programmable changes in cultivation inputs. Its role is not to assume a flavour outcome; its role is to deliver and record treatments with sufficient repeatability to test one. Subsystems Subsystem Controlled or observed quantity Required validation Rotating drum speed, direction, duty cycle, immersion sequence RPM trace, position repeatability, vibration, load test Magnetic drive transmission ratio and overload slip static slip torque and loaded endurance Axial lighting spectrum, PPFD, photoperiod spectroradiometric map and DLI Nutrient reservoir volume, level, temperature, pH, EC mixing time, drift, leak and sanitation test Four-channel dosing stock-liquid volume channel-specific gravimetric calibration Imaging repeatable plant image fixed geometry, exposure and colour reference Data system timestamped observations and commands clock, schema, missing-data and audit-log tests Cultivation cycle Recipe load → Pre-flight checks → Growth and logging → Treatment window → Standardised harvest → Analysis Internal engineering records The supplied v1 project report documents printed mechanical parts, sensor electronics, PCB fabrication, software monitoring and an incompletely assembled final device due to delayed components. The v2 report documents a revised magnetic-drive and four-pump design. This site therefore reports the platform as a documented engineering development; hardware performance is promoted only when a dedicated calibration report exists. FlavoRotor design provenance The system-specific configuration on this page is traced to the supplied FlavoRotor engineering records. 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