Traffic control toy trains.

Anything can be controlled with a little ingenuity and careful planning. If the toy train is electrically powered through the tracks you already have the necessary power source, all you have to do is use it to control the motor speed and maybe direction and coordinate it with the lights. You can do it by signalling along the rails but it would be far easier to do it by WiFi or Bluetooth.

Brian.

Thanks for your inputs.

Also is it possible to change train direction tracks using remote control device?

The remote control has push buttons track1, track2,track3,track4,track1-track3,track2-track4,track3-track1,track4-track2,red,green,amber etc.

As a example,

There are four trains running in four tracks. Two up (Same direction) and Two down (Same direction) trains. Track 1 & Track 3 up running trains in the same direction. Track 2 and Track 4 down running trains in the same direction.

Now The remote control device is sending a signal to the Traffic signal post on Track 1 train to halt i.e. Red push button. Now sends another signal for the train on Track 1 to change the track from Track 1 to go to Track 3 by pressing track1-track3 push button.

Could this be a complex task for Traffic control Train Toy programming i.e. Train Changing Tracks?

Thanks & Regards,
Prashant S Akerkar

Yes, this is basically a state machine which can be implemented in code along with sensors.

Here is an example of doing a state machine for traffic lights -

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Regards, Dana.