Pybricks (and other good uses for Powered Up)

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  • #49540
    Phil Breneman
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    Pybricks is a nice option to use Powered Up components in MOCs. A good introduction to it is on Brickset, although Pybricks has updated the firmware so that some of the things discussed in the article are out of date.

    #50284
    John S
    Participant

    This was previously shared on another thread, but thought the example that I based my trolley on would be good to leave here.

    #51340
    Josh
    Keymaster

    https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/build-hat/

    I suppose this is still purist too.

    #52293
    John S
    Participant

    Next train layout system?

    #52294
    Phil Breneman
    Participant

    John, definitely looks like it would be worth a try! I like that it uses all LEGO parts. Driving it with a laptop or computer isn’t as ideal as storing everything on the hub, but it seems like it would be worth it since it would yield such a dynamic layout.

    #52325
    Josh
    Keymaster
    #52380
    Josh
    Keymaster

    apparently I posted what John already posted because John is ama-singer than me. see what I did there?

    #52430
    Phil Breneman
    Participant

    I was playing around a bit with the pybricks hub-to-hub communication (described here). It is an experimental feature but worked ok for me. I set up a short track with a section of yellow tiles. I ran a train on it with a color/distance sensor pointed down. I had the train hub briefly broadcast when it crossed the yellow tiles. A technic hub nearby then ran a motor for a short duration when it received the broadcast from the train. This could be used to automate things like crossing gates and switches. There are probably alternatives like putting a sensor next to the track to detect the train, but it was pretty neat to have two hubs coordinating.

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