OpenAg Wiki Archive

Archived Contents from the original OpenAg Wiki (snapshot on Apr 8, 2020)

The archived wiki only includes information up the v3.0 version of the PFC-EDU, and is here for preservation purposes. You can find resources about the latest version of the PFC v4.0 on the Personal Food Computer resources page.

Personal Food Computers

The OpenAg™ Personal Food Computer is a tabletop-sized, controlled environment agriculture technology platform that uses robotic systems to control and monitor climate, energy, and plant growth inside of a specialized growing chamber. Climate variables such as carbon dioxide, air temperature, humidity, dissolved oxygen, potential hydrogen, electrical conductivity, and root-zone temperature are among the many conditions that can be controlled and monitored within the growing chamber to yield various phenotypic expressions in the plants.

This unit is intended for experimental, educational, and personal use. It can be made from easily accessible components, expandable systems, and a standardized platforms on which to hack, modify, share, and upgrade over time. Build instructions and schematics for the OpenAg™ Personal Food Computer are open source, so anyone around the world can utilize this design.

Versions

• Personal Food Computer 3.0 (PFC_EDU) (latest release, October 2018)
• Personal Food Computer 2.1*
• Personal Food Computer 2.0*
• Personal Food Computer 1.0*
• MVP PFC 1.0 (Community-designed Minimal Viable Product PFC)

*The OpenAg Project paused research on PFC versions 1.0-2.1 in Fall 2017, in anticipation of updated research 
and release of the PFC 3.0.