Systems and methods for communicating via a track with an industrial cart

A system comprising:

• a length of track having one or more conductive rails;
• an electrical power source electrically coupled to the one or more conductive rails of the length of track;
• and
• a cart comprising:
• one or more first wheels supported on the length of track and electrically coupled to the one or more conductive rails of the length of track,
• a cart-computing device communicatively coupled to the one or more first wheels, and
• a signal generating circuit electrically coupled to the cart-computing device and the one or more first wheels, wherein:
• the signal generating circuit includes a power supply for generating a plurality of trigger signals,
• the electrical power source provides an alternating current electrical signal to the one or more conductive rails of the length of track,
• the signal generating circuit generates a first trigger signal within the alternating current electrical signal at a first time interval and generates a second trigger signal within the alternating current electrical signal at a second time interval,
• the first trigger signal corresponds to a beginning of a communication signal and the second trigger signal corresponds to an end of the communication signal,
• the communication signal is transmitted over a predetermined number of cycles of the alternating current electrical signal provided by the electrical power source, and
• the predetermined number of cycles correspond to a coded communication.

A method for communicating via an alternating current electrical signal from a master controller to a cart supported on a length of track in an assembly line grow pod, the method comprising:

• determining, by the master controller, an action to be completed by the cart;
• generating one or more coded communications for the action;
• generating a first trigger signal within the alternating current electrical signal from an electrical power source;
• determining when a predetermined number of cycles of the alternating current electrical signal corresponding to a coded communication of the one or more coded communications have propagated from the electrical power source following the first trigger signal;
• generating a second trigger signal within the alternating current electrical signal when the predetermined number of cycles of the alternating current electrical signal corresponding to the coded communication have propagated following the first trigger signal.