Powered UP train automation free software

[Ivo Busko]

I recently made available a free library of control and automation software for Powered UP (Bluetooth) trains. I’ve been working on it for the past year or so as a personal project, but I believe there might be someone out there in the hobbyist community that might benefit from it. 

 

The software is free (MIT license), and entirely written in Python. It is available as source code. That way, it can either be used in its entirety, or just parts of it can be plucked out and used in your own software project. Or even just as a source of ideas on how to solve certain software problems unique to a train control system.  

 

The high-level description of the software is in the top page of the software repository at 

 

 https://github.com/cuernodegazpacho/legotrain

 

There, you can find links for a few videos. There is also a link for a page with colorimetry measurements I made for some LEGO colors (the system relies on the Powered UP 88007 Color & Distance Sensor). 

 

Please let me know in case you have questions or discussion topics. 

 

 

 

[JopieK]

Wow Ivo, thanks for sharing! I will definitely try it. Forked it already :)

[mysticx]

Hi Ivo, looks like a great project, thanks for sharing this. I'm always keeping an eye out for Train automation projects, so will have a tinker with this and give it a try!

Based on a first glance I love the comprehensive documentation, background information and well commented code. Also nice that you are supporting multiple Bluetooth backends.