Devices, systems, and methods for providing and using crop control hardware in a master controller in an assembly line grow pod

A master controller in an assembly line grow pod, the master controller comprising:

• a plurality of bays, each one of the plurality of bays comprising a bay I/O port that is communicatively coupled to one or more components of the assembly line grow pod;
• and
• a crop control module received within a first bay of the plurality of bays of the master controller, the crop control module comprising:
• an I/O port communicatively coupled to the bay I/O port,
• a processing device, and
• a non-transitory, processor-readable storage medium comprising one or more programming instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause the processing device to:
• receive an input,
• determine an action to be completed based on the input, wherein the action comprises providing one or more instructions or signals for operation of the one or more components of the assembly line grow pod,
• determine a second control module within a second bay of the plurality of bays for completing the action,
• transmit an instruction to the second control module, the instruction directing the second control module to complete the action,
• receive a second input;
• determine a second action to be completed based on the second input, wherein the second action comprises providing one or more second instructions or signals for operation of the one or more components of the assembly line grow pod,
• determine that no other control module is available or exists within the plurality of bays for completing the second action;
• and
• complete the second action.

A master controller in an assembly line grow pod, the master controller comprising:

• a plurality of bays, each one of the plurality of bays comprising a bay I/O port that is communicatively coupled to one or more components of the assembly line grow pod;
• and
• a crop control module received within a first bay of the plurality of bays of the master controller, the crop control module comprising:
• an I/O port communicatively coupled to the bay I/O port,
• a processing device, and
• a non-transitory, processor-readable storage medium comprising one or more programming instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause the processing device to:
• receive an input,
• determine an action to be completed based on the input, wherein the action comprises providing one or more instructions or signals for operation of the one or more components of the assembly line grow pod,
• determine that no other control module is available or exists within one of the plurality of bays for completing the action, and
• complete the action.