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Traintrackr – Live LED Maps
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#22Hi everyone, Richard here, the creator of these traintrackr boards. It's great to see this on the front page!
I've been designing PCBs for years, and designed over 250 at last count.
We have a couple of products in the pipeline to come out this year, but I'd love to hear what you think we should build next.
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#23Hi everyone, Richard here, the creator of these traintrackr boards. It's great to see this on the front page! I've been designing PCBs for years, and designed over 250 at last count. We have a couple of products in the pipeline to come out this year, but I'd love to hear what you think we should build next.
fantastic work Ive been a fan for a few years!
Maybe a general "train to newcastle / Birmingham" map like this? https://map-shop.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ms00004-uk...
A wimbledon tram one could be good and might appeal to the richer demographic ( im not sure ). https://www.croydon-tramlink.co.uk/info/gen/images/RouteMap....
Finally an overnight sleeper train only (europe) could be good: https://media.timeout.com/images/105981668/image.webp
Just suggestions I have no idea if these are good ideas.
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#24The blog is a much more interesting read than the product site: https://blog.traintrackr.io
Thanks, we've documented how some of our products work, where we get the data, the manufacturing process, and how to write/upload your own code to your board.
We should have a couple more technical posts released this year as we update the way our boards get their data.
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#25I have one of these for Boston. It's awesome.
I want to find more art like this that updates in real-time, then I feel like I actually appreciate it in the long term. With regular static pictures on the wall I tune them out after they've been there a few months.
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#26The Chicago one could use a bit do a rework. The shape of the Loop is a very very distinctive, even iconic, but here it’s off — it’s squashed and fat, wider than it is tall, rather than narrower.
Obviously some compromises must be made for routing the traces but I’d consider the shape of the Loop to be the most essential element of the whole system.
Definitely very cool though!
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#27Wow this is presented exactly the same as the flight data led display. It is odd that the advertising method and the comments are similar to the previous.
which display is that? can you link it? sounds cool
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#28Hi everyone, Richard here, the creator of these traintrackr boards. It's great to see this on the front page! I've been designing PCBs for years, and designed over 250 at last count. We have a couple of products in the pipeline to come out this year, but I'd love to hear what you think we should build next.
Build a BART- CalTrain version and make bank!!
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#29Love these! My wife gifted me a Chicago CTA map for a birthday gift a few years ago and it makes great wall art.
I found an in-box rated USB-C hardwired power adapter, and ran an additional outlet above an existing one. Then used a couple screwed together brass motherboard standoffs I drilled holes into the drywall for. To my surprise just some standard superglue in the holes have held these far more securely than needed.
Looks like a great piece of “90s retro art” and gets a lot comments from guest!
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#30Hi everyone, Richard here, the creator of these traintrackr boards. It's great to see this on the front page! I've been designing PCBs for years, and designed over 250 at last count. We have a couple of products in the pipeline to come out this year, but I'd love to hear what you think we should build next.
Curious why you went with a matrix over WS2812 or similar. That PCB looks like it was painful to route!