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New FarmBot Documentation

New FarmBot Documentation

Over the last few weeks we've added a ton of new and updated information to our hardware, software, and even meta documentation hubs. This new content reflects the many features we've added to the web app, and brings together learnings from the community all into one place. Here are...

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February 13th, 2019 Update

February 13th, 2019 Update

Hi everyone, Here's an update of what we've been up to the last few months and where we're heading: Software Variables The vast majority of our software development efforts since October have been to build out the much-anticipated variables feature....

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Raising the bar of great documentation

Raising the bar of great documentation

The importance of the README.md file in open-source software has been well known for years. But what happens when you go beyond software and begin to document your hardware, your community, and your business model too? In this talk at LCA...

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Openly sharing our business

Openly sharing our business

At FarmBot Inc, we believe that business is a powerful agent for change, and like our products, it can be more powerful when its details are openly shared for inspection, modification, and replication by others. That's why we've committed in...

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Watch the v1.4 FarmBot hardware videos

Watch the v1.4 FarmBot hardware videos

This week we posted seven new videos of our v1.4 FarmBot hardware. Watch them to get an up close look at all of the parts, learn about the differences between Genesis and Genesis XL, and see what's changed from v1.3....

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Introducing the FarmBot Developer Documentation Hub

Introducing the FarmBot Developer Documentation Hub

Extensibility has always been a goal of the FarmBot project. That’s why we publish all our hardware and software designs online without restriction, and we enable extensibility through the use of Farmware and a publicly accessible REST API. Now we’re...

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FarmBot v1.4 CAD Models Now Available!

FarmBot v1.4 CAD Models Now Available!

Complimenting the v1.4 documentation released last week, the v1.4 CAD models are now available for everyone to view, copy, and modify as they wish. Check them out right in your web browser - no CAD software required. v1.4 Pre-Orders Shipping Update Another 20 kits...

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v1.4 Documentation Now Available!

v1.4 Documentation Now Available!

Today we wrapped up the FarmBot Genesis and Genesis XL v1.4 documentation. As always, this release is our most comprehensive and easiest-to-use yet because of the feedback we've received from customers as well as our own internal usage. Check it...

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FarmBot Genesis V0.8 Documentation is now Complete!

We just wrapped up the documentation for FarmBot Genesis V0.8! In this version, we added bills of materials for each sub-assembly, more detailed and photo heavy assembly instructions for each sub-assembly, and details for setting up the software and electronics....

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FarmBot Genesis V0.7 Documentation Now Complete

We've just wrapped up FarmBot Genesis V0.7 documentation! This version (and past versions) are now hosted on our new documentation platform: readme.io. We're really happy with how professional, useful, beautiful, and easy to follow these docs are. Since the last version of...

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