{"id":7976,"date":"2024-12-27T23:23:14","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T22:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattzobricks.com\/?page_id=7976"},"modified":"2025-02-12T19:35:46","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T18:35:46","slug":"bricktopia-2024","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mattzobricks.com\/de\/projects\/bricktopia-2024","title":{"rendered":"Bricktopia 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Joos and Frank built another beautiful automated LEGO train layout in 2024, and presented it on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutchbricks.com\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.dutchbricks.com\/\">Dutchbricks<\/a> &#8220;Bricktopia&#8221; show in December 2024 in Geelen in the Netherlands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"578\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mattzobricks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Bricktopia-2024-total-perspective-578x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7980\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mattzobricks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Bricktopia-2024-total-perspective-578x1024.jpg 578w, https:\/\/mattzobricks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Bricktopia-2024-total-perspective-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/mattzobricks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Bricktopia-2024-total-perspective-768x1360.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mattzobricks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Bricktopia-2024-total-perspective-867x1536.jpg 867w, https:\/\/mattzobricks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Bricktopia-2024-total-perspective-1157x2048.jpg 1157w, https:\/\/mattzobricks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Bricktopia-2024-total-perspective-scaled.jpg 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The layout including most of the rolling stock was provided, built and automated by Joos Buijs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the track plan of the layout:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"527\" src=\"https:\/\/mattzobricks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Bricktopia-2024-Bluebrick-plan-1024x527.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mattzobricks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Bricktopia-2024-Bluebrick-plan-1024x527.png 1024w, https:\/\/mattzobricks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Bricktopia-2024-Bluebrick-plan-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/mattzobricks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Bricktopia-2024-Bluebrick-plan-768x395.png 768w, https:\/\/mattzobricks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Bricktopia-2024-Bluebrick-plan-1536x790.png 1536w, https:\/\/mattzobricks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Bricktopia-2024-Bluebrick-plan.png 1575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bluebrick Plan Bricktopia 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>These are the key figures of the layout:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Size: about 3 x 6 meters<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>18 blocks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>36 reed sensors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4 light signals with 3 aspects<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Total track length of about 50 meters:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>15 switches (of which 6 automated with Trixbrix motors)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>289 straight tracks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>81 curved tracks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>6 trains concurrently on the track\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>60197 passenger train<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>60198 green cargo train<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>10277 Crocodile locomotive<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>60051 white intercity train<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>60336 cargo train<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>60337 passenger train<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Automation setup\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>5 MattzoLayoutControllers (MLC).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MattzoTrainController for Bluetooth (MTC4BT) on ESP32\u2019s to control the trains.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Private Wifi router setup<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Laptop running Kubuntu, Mosquitto and Rocrail<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the Rocrail plan of the layout:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1022\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/mattzobricks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Bricktopia-2024-Rocrail-plan.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7983\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mattzobricks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Bricktopia-2024-Rocrail-plan.png 1022w, https:\/\/mattzobricks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Bricktopia-2024-Rocrail-plan-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/mattzobricks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Bricktopia-2024-Rocrail-plan-768x475.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1022px) 100vw, 1022px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rocrail Plan Bricktopia 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The layout featured a lot of beautiful and well designed buildings from modular LEGO building expert and Dutchbricks board member <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/derks553\/\">Frank Derks<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Video<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out this video about the show:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bricktopia 2024\" width=\"819\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F-WB9T1xkfg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s great to see that our Mattzobricks Train Automation System 2.0 works so well in practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Great job, Joos and Frank!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joos and Frank built another beautiful automated LEGO train layout 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