# Experimental platform

Canonical HTML: https://flavorotor.com/research/platform
Machine-readable index: https://flavorotor.com/research/data/chapters/index.json



System-level architecture of the rotating cultivation drum, reservoir, lighting, sensing, dosing and data systems.

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

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 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. [I01] [I02]

## References

- [I01] FlavoRotor project team (2026). FlavoRotor prototype implementation record. *Internal engineering report*.
- [I02] FlavoRotor project team (2026). FlavoRotor v2.0 system architecture. *Internal engineering design report*.