Jump to content

JopieK

Train Moderator
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    4,716

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Everything posted by JopieK

  1. JopieK
    I think these are it: https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=3068bpb0321 https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=26603pb001 https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=3068bpb0937 https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=3068bpb0320 https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=3068bpb0858 https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=3069bpb0227 https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=3069bpb0387 https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=26603pb001 https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=3068bpb0321 https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=26603pb055 Some are stickers, some are printed.
  2. JopieK
    Just for clarification: you are going for a hand/pump car like this or?
  3. JopieK
    I don't think it will become real (I mean we have seen the bias against trains in the past), but the UP Big Boy has gathered 10k support: https://ideas.lego.com/projects/5825f3eb-124e-40be-8ce4-1a0e6c3c4e10
  4. JopieK
    Very nice working tutorial / proof of concept. Will be useful for a lot of other train and other automation applications. I pinned it as it.
  5. JopieK
    Probably to take the antlers out and hang them on some wall?
  6. JopieK
    Very nice! It really shows that with newer parts more realistic models can be designed / created.
  7. JopieK
    I did use Lenz decoders but I must confess it has been about ten years ago, so a lot has changes probably since then (I know for sure at least at the microcontroller side of things). Apart from that DCC is nice to control trains, but I think when Bluetooth Low Energy finally keeps it's promises about meshing, I mean it is advertised but I haven't seen a lot of real-world examples. You could power/charge trains using the wheels in that case and control them using BLE. Thing with BLE is of course that it is integrated in our tables / phones / Raspberries / whatever, so we have a lot of possibilities without media conversion etc.
  8. JopieK
    Interesting idea. Most of the time trains come out in summer though. There were wild rumors about a new Creator Expert train and since the Crocodile is not available anymore it would make at least some sense.
  9. JopieK
    Looks great! I have seen it in the past but forgot about it. Clever solution indeed!
  10. JopieK
    Just being curious and looking into MILS myself: You are using a different version of the raised baseplates than the MILS standard, why didn't you go for the MILS standard?
  11. JopieK
    Nice review @JackJonespaw! I didn't see this set coming. 20 bucks seems very reasonable. Now we need to wait for someone to up-scale the set to at least 6 wide and put a motor in it, but that won't take long I presume.
  12. JopieK
    It is a never ending story about TLG and trains. We should just try to enjoy Trains, even though it is a niche within the entire LEGO spectrum it is one that LEGO won't easily abandon. We probably won't see the 12V gray train era wealth of train sets back, but we still have nice trains that either provide us with parts for MOC's or with some we can MOD them to make them better. I think TLG could make trains profitable but then again, we are not the main target group even though LEGO now is focusing more on AFOLs.
  13. JopieK
    One of the problems of DCC that I faced is that LEGO engines are even with weight blocks relatively light. That hampers the signal transmission from encoder to decoder. A mechanical engineering colleague even milled metal wheels, but that did not really solve it for me. BLE is a much more reliable solution I would say especially as we have lots of room compared to H0 or so model trains.
  14. JopieK
    Really nice @STHLM, lot's of details. That is what we have minifigs for, creating a lot of 'stories' that are stimulating the imagination of those who look at the builds. B.t.w. those trees are stunning!
  15. JopieK
    Well that is always a wise strategy. Programming seems like a never ending story, I am not a programmer but I have been programming since 1997 and teaching programming for about 17 years now but am still learning a lot (uh, and sometimes also forgetting a lot ;)) @Philo is always a great resource for the characteristics for LEGO electronics: https://www.philohome.com/wedo2reverse/wedo2.htm https://www.philohome.com/pupbat/pupbat.htm
  16. JopieK
    Nice job @DarioD, also welcome to Eurobricks Train Tech. Python is always interesting to work with, even though I personally prefer C/C++ for microcontrollers.
  17. JopieK
    Well you might be correct about LEGO having dropped "Mindstorms", but that hub is mainly used in education for Junior FIRST LEGO League purposes. The link from @zephyr1934 shows that it is Spike. It is also part of this set: https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/lego-education-spike-essential-set-45345.
  18. JopieK
    It is a Mindstorms hub, targeting younger children (younger primary school classes). It does feature a 6 DoF sensor and rechargeable battery, but I agree it is still quite costly especially since the normal hub is only 30 buck or so more expensive which has six ports.
  19. JopieK
    @Lok24 you did a lot of testing already on different platforms, did you by any chance notice any 'alive' messages?
  20. JopieK
    So then it must be an Android issue. Next would be to test it against multiple Android devices (to see if it is caused by Android indeed or just your type op device), and against iOS. As I remember there is some kind of 'ping pong' going to a devices knows the other device is still alive or not. I hope to test Raspberry Pi - PUP soon. I did some initial tests there, but not for longer durations for now.
  21. JopieK
    Really nice @jalemac34. The feel of Paris really comes about. Has been a long time since I visited Paris but definitely captures it!
  22. JopieK
    Great! I have pinned it.
  23. JopieK
    Looks great! Indeed splendid use of those 3-wide windows! Southhampton, very nice region!
  24. JopieK
    Of course this is all very likely but for now we don't have any concrete info do we?
  25. JopieK
    Very nice idea @mikaelsol! Amazing alternative use of those slopes.
×
×
  • Create New...