JDave Posted November 30, 2006 Report Share Posted November 30, 2006 I thought you engineers would appreciate some Lego sculpture for your alternate job title... I thought about integrating with Mindstorms NXT, but after considering the associated HW/SW incompatibilities I opted not to. So I posted to this forum instead. David Quote Link to comment
Ton Plomp Posted November 30, 2006 Report Share Posted November 30, 2006 David, Looks nice, I think you have to get Ben into this. If i'm right he will digg this! Working at a rail rolling stock company I am very interested, especially in the security system you are planning to implement? Ton Quote Link to comment
Grampa_of_Oliva_n_Eden Posted November 30, 2006 Report Share Posted November 30, 2006 David,Looks nice, I think you have to get Ben into this. If i'm right he will digg this! ... Ton I am too predicatble! In this thread I go on for pages talking about my model railraod. http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?boar...3&jump=true Here is a wide angle shot that includes the scratch built controller layout and the LabVIEW application that controls it. It is an N-scale (eg an N-Scale coal car is about as long as a four post LEGO block ) layout that is theoretically capable of handling 11 trains at the same time (after I code up the collision avoidence functionality). The most we can do now is three, and I say "we" because I can only handle two but my partner in crime can keep three going. Ben Quote Link to comment
crelf Posted November 30, 2006 Report Share Posted November 30, 2006 This is my brother's layout (OO and HO): and, no, that's not my brother in the photo Quote Link to comment
JDave Posted November 30, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2006 Those sets are amazing. I am apparently not into trains quite enough. My train was a fun object to create, though. I like the duplos because when I am done I have a 3' high object. I set my baby inside of the cab! Can't do that with the little legos (or those model trains, BTW) Quote Link to comment
Grampa_of_Oliva_n_Eden Posted December 1, 2006 Report Share Posted December 1, 2006 ... I set my baby inside of the cab! Excellent! Start 'em young. Get them hooked early. Good strategy. :thumbup: Ben Quote Link to comment
JDave Posted December 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2006 Working at a rail rolling stock company I am very interested, especially in the security system you are planning to implement? Unfortunately, I didn't get the security system installed in time... Though I don't think any security system would work against the combined efforts of a 4-year old and a 2-year old. Quote Link to comment
Grampa_of_Oliva_n_Eden Posted December 1, 2006 Report Share Posted December 1, 2006 Unfortunately, I didn't get the security system installed in time... Though I don't think any security system would work against the combined efforts of a 4-year old and a 2-year old. I love it! First they have to learn how to take things apart.... War story time: When I was a teenager, my partner in crime (mentioned above) detroyed two perfectly good reel to reel tape decks in an attempt to build a variable delay "echoplex". To this day there is a running joke that comes up anytime we open a chassis that goes "Look out, they are going to make it BETTER". At least the chimbley survived (BTW the chimbley design introduced in the Rocket revolutionised the steam engine by creating a forced air draft through the fire box) Ben Chris, Pass along compliment to your brother from me. My father and brother do HO and G-scale) Quote Link to comment
crelf Posted December 1, 2006 Report Share Posted December 1, 2006 Chris, Pass along compliment to your brother from me. My father and brother do HO and G-scale) :thumbup: I shall indeed. Quote Link to comment
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