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Hive King

An instrument for a living hive.

Vision at the door. Sensing in the foundation. Power from the sun. Built slowly, for winters that last, and for work that does not shout.

Advanced R&D · not a storefront kit · peer field projects: Yard-to-Loop · Poop-to-Loop

At the door

Gatekeeper

A narrow entrance. Quiet optics. Count, pollen, invader, mite — seen without thrashing the colony.

In the comb

eFoundations listen to cells with careful pulses. Air, larva, honey, pollen — power modes that refuse to scorch life.

Through winter

Solar. Battery. Midwest cloud. Climate, weight, and steward compute kept on a single calm bus.

Not more noise on the farm.
A clear instrument for those who keep bees as a craft.

One architecture. Pro and standard variants. Host, vision, foundations, climate, power.

Steward On-hive computer for vision, storage, and serving a private app — Jetson-class host in the plan.
Gatekeeper Entrance camera above glass, ~1″ path — identity of traffic without opening the brood.
Chamberlain Up to ~50 eFoundations · diode-matrix TDTP · multi power modes · larva-safe first.
Lady · Guard Climate, weight, doors, and optional varroa path — actuators only where the craft asks.
Armorer Solar + cold-tolerant storage · power budget written for grey Midwest weeks.

Not a launch calendar. A sequence that refuses thrash.

#	Step	Tone
1	Power board in KiCAD — rails before ambition	P0
2	Diode pulse table — never harm a larva cell	P0
3	Standard vs Pro eFoundation count	P1
4	Comm hub · then one-side foundation prototype	P1
5	Winter power budget · optics · climate boards	P1–2

Steward table in Notion · full design files on private OneDrive

Engineering depth (optional) ›

KiCAD order: Power Conversion → Comm Hub → eFoundation (small matrix first) → HVAC/I/O → entrance optics fixtures.

Bus: Prefer multi-drop RS‑485 hubs over fifty USB cables; Ethernet path under review for video bandwidth.

Diodes: 1N4148-class SOD packages under thermal validation before production scale.

Host: Jetson Orin Nano Super class in current BOM planning — best-in-class path preferred over “good enough.”

Not listed as a default Education Exchange SKU. Kit tracks live on the education page.

Serious collaboration, not a funnel. Education kits are open to apply. Hive King remains invitation and R&D.