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  • Welcome
  • 🚀Getting Started
    • Introduction to AstroPlant
  • 🌱AstroPlant Kit Setup
    • Welcome to the setup guide
    • Designing your project
    • Operation & safety
    • Building the Maker Kit
      • Electronics assembly [Maker Edition]
      • Electronics assembly from scratch
      • Casing assembly v5.2
      • Extension shield connection mapping
    • AstroPlant software
      • Kit software setup
      • Building your kit software from scratch
      • Updating your kit software
      • Changelog
    • Registering and configuring a kit
    • AstroPlant Growth Protocol
    • Resources
    • Setup FAQ
  • ⌨️ Developers
    • Become a space dev!
      • AstroPlant Ecosystem
      • Data Concepts and Terminology
      • Software Architecture
      • GitHub Repositories
    • Core API
      • Getting Started
      • API Models
      • Live Feeds (WebSockets)
    • Community Platform
      • Architectural Decisions
      • Documentation
        • Project Structure
        • Front-End
        • Back-End
      • Development Setup
      • Roadmap
    • Software Customization
      • Use cases
    • Developers FAQ
  • 📚Resources
    • Contributing
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  • Before you start
  • Overview of the steps
  • 1. Assemble your kit
  • 2. Germinating the seeds
  • 3. Weekly protocol
  • 4. Documenting and sharing outcomes

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  1. AstroPlant Kit Setup

Welcome to the setup guide

Preliminary information before you start

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Before you start

  • This setup guide and the AstroPlant Maker Kit is a work in progress, meaning that some details of the setup might be deprecated or misplaced. Please let us on know what is missing.

  • You can contribute to this documentation. Let us know and we'll add you to the list of contributors!

  • We also give support, but please make sure you read this document carefully before contacting us.

  • It is greatly recommended to connect to a maker space or a fablab or local techie as well - they can help you with fabrication, assembly, and it's just more fun to do it together!

Overview of the steps

1. Assemble your kit

  • Assembly of the electronics

  • Connecting the cables

  • Placing the kit

2. Germinating the seeds

3. Weekly protocol

  • Taking measurements

  • Changing the nutrient solution

4. Documenting and sharing outcomes

  • Download and evaluate data

  • Report outcomes and publish data

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