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