TrainSwitch

Remotely-controlled Lego Train switch

Alex Buznik

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Hello.

My son likes his Lego Duplo train a lot, and we bought all the modern Duplo Train kits out there.

So now we have 4 switches, and though my son doesn't yet get the challenge of preventing train from colliding, I do, and it's hard to manage even four of those switches when there are two trains.

My goal is to build a remotely controlled train switch - probably based on ESP8266/ESP12.
So there should 4 terminals with servos and a central "console" with pushbuttons for every train switch.

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Phase 1
Alex Buznik • 09/16/2021 at 14:11 • 0 comments

So far I managed to model and print the train switch base with a servo-powered linear actuator.
This is a first step, it's button-operated from a wired Arduino.