Smart Agriculture

Tungsram PowerGrow — IoT Platform for Vertical Farming

Designed and implemented by e6 for Tungsram & Techwave

e6 designed and implemented the IoT architecture, edge computing layer and cloud integration for Tungsram PowerGrow — a smart agriculture platform that brings precision lighting control, environmental sensing and data-driven growing to vertical farms.

The Challenge

Vertical farming demands precise control over lighting spectra, nutrient delivery and environmental conditions. Tungsram needed an end-to-end platform that connects DALI-enabled grow lights and environmental sensors to a cloud backend — enabling remote management, recipe-based light scheduling and real-time analytics across multiple grow rooms.

Edge & Sensor Layer

At the farming site, e6 built the edge computing layer that runs on embedded Linux hardware. The system integrates:

  • DALI lighting control — programmable LED grow lights with per-channel spectrum dimming (blue, hyper red, far red, white)
  • Environmental sensors — CO₂, EC, pH, temperature (nutrient solution, room, leaf surface), air speed, dissolved oxygen, PPFD light meters
  • Actuator control — pumps and valves for automated nutrient delivery
  • Spectrometer and camera integration for plant health monitoring

Platform Capabilities

Cloud Analytics & Dashboards

The PowerGrow IoT Cloud collects sensor telemetry from all connected farms — providing real-time dashboards, historical data analytics, centralized fixture and recipe management, and SMS/email/push notifications for critical events.

Recipe-Based Growing

Growers define light recipes — multi-step schedules that control spectrum intensity and timing for each growth phase. Recipes can be assigned to fixture groups, overridden for experiments, and managed remotely via the web portal or mobile application.

Third-Party Integration

Secure API layer for connecting with industry-standard agriculture systems — Priva, Grodan, 30MHz and other greenhouse management platforms.

Key Outcomes

Precision Spectrum Control

Real-Time Sensor Analytics

Multi-Room Management

Remote Access & Control

Automated Nutrient Delivery

Edge-to-Cloud Architecture

e6’s Role

e6 served as the IoT architecture and integration partner, responsible for:

  • Designing the edge-to-cloud data architecture
  • Implementing sensor data collection, DALI gateway integration and actuator control services
  • Building secure API connectivity between edge devices and the cloud backend
  • Integrating real-time and batch data pipelines for analytics
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