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Automate Lego Towerbridge
PeterGroeneweg
Member
Hi All,
I just bought the Lego Towerbridge and putted it together. Now I have a very nice piece of Lego standing in my mancave but it's not completed yet. I also bought a ledlight set to create some nice lighting in and around the bridge and I also want to automate the moving parts of the bridge with motors.
Now I want to be able to control these things remotely and what would be more fun to integrate it with Homey
. Now the biggest question I have is what the best way would be. I want to control the Lego motors by own developed hardware and not with the usual Lego hardware. I thought about using an Arduino or some, connect it via Wifi to Homey, then create an app for Homey to control it.
What do you think about this? What would be the best board cause an Arduino is a bit big for this case. Or are there already some plug and play solutions created by the community?
Thanks for thinking with me!
I just bought the Lego Towerbridge and putted it together. Now I have a very nice piece of Lego standing in my mancave but it's not completed yet. I also bought a ledlight set to create some nice lighting in and around the bridge and I also want to automate the moving parts of the bridge with motors.
Now I want to be able to control these things remotely and what would be more fun to integrate it with Homey
. Now the biggest question I have is what the best way would be. I want to control the Lego motors by own developed hardware and not with the usual Lego hardware. I thought about using an Arduino or some, connect it via Wifi to Homey, then create an app for Homey to control it.What do you think about this? What would be the best board cause an Arduino is a bit big for this case. Or are there already some plug and play solutions created by the community?
Thanks for thinking with me!
Comments
Check out these Youtube channels for more info about Arduino + Lego:
(add you tube . com in front of these links. The forum messes youtube links up)
Arjen is also present in this (Dutch) topic on Tweakers: https://gathering.tweakers.net/forum/list_messages/1777055/last
Thanks for your reply, those are some really nice links!
The automation of the Lego is not my biggest concern, this is something I will manage.
The bigger problem for me is how to send a command from Homey to the Arduino / Wemo and building an app form Homey...
p.s. big Lego fan over here... lol
I will search about the HTTP commands and Arduino's instead
And I think we are not the only two Lego fans here I think.
A couple of years ago I made this little train layout with Mindstorms:
Brixo can be controlled by it's app as well.
I just received my Brixo starter kit here yesterday, so I've no experience yet. But that will change soon
https://apps.athom.com/app/com.internet
http://www.internetoflego.com/lego-train-automation-wifi-controlled-nodemcu-esp8266/
https://github.com/athombv/com.athom.arduino
and
https://athomcommunity.slack.com/homeyduino
@bvdbos, thanks for the links.