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Hardware & POS Overview
Practical, field-tested hardware and point-of-sale solutions designed for farms, markets, and community-based organizations.
Point-of-Sale (POS) Options
We support a range of POS configurations depending on operational needs, scale, and connectivity. Our approach prioritizes simplicity, reliability, and alignment with existing payment and bookkeeping workflows.
In most cases, we recommend using PayPal’s POS ecosystem as baseline. This allows organizations to unify online donations, in-person sales, and reporting under a single processor while maintaining flexibility to expand or segment workflows as needed.
- Unified payments: align market-day sales with online transactions.
- Low operational overhead: minimal setup and widely supported hardware.
- Scalable: works for single-farm stands through multi-vendor markets.
- Clear reporting: transaction data can be reconciled with bookkeeping and sponsorship programs.
Why PayPal POS
PayPal POS provides a pragmatic balance between accessibility and control. It is familiar to customers, supported across devices, and adaptable to environments where connectivity or staffing may vary. Importantly, it does not lock clients into proprietary data silos.
Where needed, POS can be configured alongside other processors or offline workflows, with clear separation between retail sales and charitable or program-related transactions.
Hardware Development Services
In addition to POS configuration, we design and deploy custom, open-source hardware solutions for monitoring, automation, and data collection in agricultural and food-system environments. All hardware is designed to integrate directly with our open-source software stack.
Development Focus
Hardware Development
Open-source, low-power devices built for real-world agricultural and food-system use.
Freezer Temperature Monitoring
Low-power temperature monitoring devices designed for produce storage and cold-chain environments. Built to operate independently during power outages.
- ESP32-based, low-power operation
- Battery-powered for long-term deployment
- IoT alerts for threshold breaches
- No dependency on grid power
Automatic Motion Lighting
Motion-activated lighting systems for barns, storage areas, walkways, and workspaces, improving safety and energy efficiency.
- Low-power motion detection
- Configurable activation logic
- Indoor and outdoor deployments
- Integration with facility automation rules
Water Temperature Sensors
Sensors designed for monitoring water temperatures in live-stock systems, wash stations, and heated water lines.
- Continuous temperature monitoring
- Alerting for freeze or overheating risk
- Suitable for live-stock water heaters
- Durable sensor housings
Moisture Sensors
Environmental moisture sensors for seed nurseries, greenhouses, and mushroom grow rooms, enabling precise control over growing conditions.
- Soil and ambient moisture sensing
- Low-power, long-duration deployment
- Threshold-based alerts and logging
- Supports controlled-environment agriculture
Open Source, User-Controlled Systems
All hardware we develop is fully open source and integrates with our open-source user management and operations software. Devices report directly to systems controlled by the client, not to third-party platforms.
This means clients retain full ownership of their data, devices, and infrastructure. Unlike many commercial IoT services, data is not first collected by a vendor and then relayed back. Control remains local, transparent, and auditable.
- Full data ownership: clients control storage, access, and retention.
- Device-level control: manage, configure, and automate hardware centrally.
- Integrated logistics: hardware data feeds directly into business operations and reporting.
- No vendor lock-in: open standards and open codebases.
POS
Device options and integrations
| Provider | Device Name | Price | Payment Processing Integrations | Device Type | Description |
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Reader | $29 | Open | Mobile Reader | Entry-level Bluetooth card reader for a phone/tablet; accepts chip, PIN, and contactless payments. |
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Terminal | $199 | Open | Mobile POS | All-in-one portable terminal for accepting chip, PIN, and contactless payments. |
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Terminal + Scanner | $239.00 | Open | Countertop POS | All-in-one terminal with a built-in barcode scanner. |
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Store Kits | $249 - $699+ | Open | POS Bundle | Bundles of receipt printer, cash drawer, and tablet stand (various configurations). |
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Go | $49 | Locked In | Mobile Reader | Compact card reader |
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Flex | $599 – $749 | Locked In | Mobile POS | Portable all-in-one POS device, with built-in receipt printer. |
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Mini | $799 | Locked In | Countertop POS | Compact countertop POS unit. |
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Station | $1,899 | Locked In | Countertop POS | Full-featured POS register station. |
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Reader | $59 | Locked In | Mobile Reader | Pocket-sized card reader for mobile devices |
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Stand | $149 | Locked In | Countertop Reader | Stand that turns an iPad into a countertop POS system |
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Kiosk | $149 | Locked In | Countertop Reader | Stand for iPad to create a customer Self-Service Check out |
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Square Terminal | $299 | Locked In | Mobile POS | |
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Square Handheld | $399 | Locked In | Mobile POS | |
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Square Register | $799 | Locked In | Countertop system |