Automated toy railroad crossing

The Project

3D modelled and printed automated toy railroad crossing where barriers close when the train approaches, sound and light signal is activated and barriers go up and signals stop when the train passes

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Hardware

Art

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Team Comments

We chose to make this project because...

Our youngest ninja had this idea to improve his toy train set so we set out to make his wish reality.

What we found difficult and how we worked it out

Our biggest challenge was designing the 3D printed parts in a way that would be compatible with the electronic components (cable management, sensors etc.). In the end we printed a prototype to figure out the exact requirements of the model.

Next time, we would...

We would add more visual details to the 3D model.