The Brick Automation Project

Welcome to "The Brick Automation Project" V1.5!

This software is free and developped for the community of AFOL! I am extremely grateful to the following people for their kind donation.

Top Donors:

• David G.
• Markus W.
• Jacek H.
• Jade124
• Martin H.
• Georg D.
• Andrew H.
• Isaac M.
• Fabian W.

As of June 27th 2020, I have decided to share the source code of this project as I don't find time to work anymore on it. I share it as-is, with its flaws :)

V1.5 is out - 08/21/19

• Control+ Hub - Implementation complete, including new L + XL Technic engines
• Fix a bug with EV3 preventing the use of more than one sensor at a time
• Fix a UI bug related to the Section part of the Self-Driving Module. That section now properly redraws after window resize.

V1.4 is out - 08/18/19

• The long awaited feature to limit connectivity to a list of devices during convention is done!

• Choose between Project-Only limitation or Specific-List limitation.

• Fix ports of Boot Move Hub on latest firmware (Star Wars Boost Hub)

V1.3 is out - 05/04/19

• Update how motor are control to support latest PUP hardware.
• Alpha status because untested due to urgency of build an no availble hardware to test changes.

V1.2 is out - 03/16/19

• BuWizz - Implementation
• Play Sound implementation in the Event section

V1.1 is out - 02/19/19

• PFx - First implementation
• Improvement: Better Section Reservation for Self-Driving System.
• Bug Fix: Show proper battery level of remote controls
• Bug Fix: Motor Slider now properly show negative speed.
• Bug Fix: EV3 Motors properly activate on their ports.
• Bug Fix: Train not stopping immediately in Self-Driving module

V1.0.1 is out - Hot Fix - 02/11/19

• Bug Fix: Remove hard-coded COM5 for EV3 connection and properly uses the COM input by the user
• Improvement: Stretch the length of the Hub names to allow Battery % to show up

V1.0 is officially released - 02/10/19

• New Name: The Brick Automation Project
• EV3 Support!
• Fix of SBrick port (port B and C were inverted)
• Add 'Released' event for PUP Remotes
• Fix Battery Level Not Showing up for PUP Hubs
• Introduce official terms of service

V0.9 is out - 02/03/19

• WeDo 2.0 Support
• Fix SBrick Sensor Calibration
• Fix Saving Issue with Remote Control

V0.8 is out - 02/02/19

• Remote Control Support

• LED Color Configuration

• Allow to start and stop scanning

• Allow to disconnect single devices

• Programming:

• Support for Custom Trigger Events
• Change the color of LEDs programmatically

• Self-Driving module:

• Implement Green/Red lights based on Section occupation.
• Fix a bug with looped Paths

V0.7.1 is out - 01/28/19

• Programming:

• Fix a bug preventing the access of custom code with events.

• Self-Driving module:

• Fix a bug preventing the deletion of Paths.
• Fix a bug with 'Clear 2 Sections' in the Self-Driving Module

V0.7 is out - 01/28/19

• Programming:

  • Plenty of new properties are now available
  • You can name sequences
  • You can customize distance/color trigger cooldown

• Self-Driving module:

• You can now customize clearing time and 'stop needed ahead' speed
• Add capacity to wait for the next 2 sections to clear
• Allow to run code when next section releases
• Speed Coefficient, to slow or accelerate trains based on battery level.

V0.6 is out - 01/20/19

• Self-Driving Trains!
• New UI
• More Robust Hub Detection
• Add Port Selection for Sensor Events
• Bug Fixes

V0.5 is out - 01/14/19

Major update includes:

• Full support of SBrick Plus and PF Sensors.
• Introducting an Anti-Collision system that works with simple distance detectors
• Bug fix: Code was executed twice on sensor event
• Bug fix: Better handling of faulty device connection

V0.4 is out - 01/14/19

Major update includes:

• SBrick support
• Global code editor

V0.3 is out - 12/26/18

Major update with this version:

• New UI
• Improved Hub Detection
• Color In C# Editor
• Light Management
• Code editor improvement
• Fix Hub not showing up on certain configurations
• Add 'State' variable to each hubs

Credits

This software uses a couple other awesome open source code:

• FastColoredTextBox: https://github.com/PavelTorgashov/FastColoredTextBox
• Lego EV3 Library: https://github.com/BrianPeek/legoev3