The Arduino chip, for example, is on a custom PCB, and all the hardware has been nicely integrated into LEGO’s closed off nine volt model train system.

An Arduino with a motor shield drives the train around the loop. A reed sensor below a section of track provides feedback on where the locomotive is in the circuit.

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