Looking for Feedback on a Potential New Venture

If you could come up with a cheap switch machine with  built in tmcc compatability that would work on atlas ross and others. That could replace the lcs sc2 boxes that are quite exspencive and only do four at a time. That would be somthing that the market may want. Phone control or at least app or tablet control is something lionel already has on the market. Thier system is quite good, but can get quite costly if you have a big layout with lots of switches. Just a thought.

He's doing a school project... Its a simple ask to answer the survey so that he can have a working project.

There's many products that do this. DCS, LCS, JMRI, etc..., doesnt mean the concept cant be the subject of a school project. If it works via bluetooth, thats different.

Nick, I answered your survey. Good Luck.

Nick,

I filled out your form with extensive comments and suggestions. Your idea does indeed have considerable merit and is not quite the same as user interface now provided by Lionel or MTH to control switches and accessories. Feel free to get back with me and I'll be glad to help you refine your concept

Bruce

Good luck!

Peter

Submitted.  Go with it young man... and, best wishes.

Glad to help.

I am responding as a parent as two of my three children live with me. Sometimes they show an interest in a topic, which is new to them, but because I am older, I can see where it is leading. I let them go, because there is no harm done and that is how children learn: through their own experiences. The last thing I want to do is claim seniority and discourage them. I responded to the survey. Maybe he is reinventing the wheel.  But let him find his own guard rails.

Mark

Potential to be much less expensive than investing in the Lionel or (soon to be gone?) MTH systems if it requires only accessory and switch modules and a smart device.  Sort of like LionChief for switches and accessories.

Many of my projects in engineering school were designing and coding a basic apparatus which already had sophisticated versions of the same in the marketplace. It’s how engineers learn. This project is great and, as others have suggested, if you take the survey (I did), it envisions a simplicity and ease of use not currently available in the market. Whether it comes to be commercially is irrelevant. Far more importantly, this is a great academic exercise that allows the OP to combine an outside interest in his schoolwork.

Good luck with your project, Nick.

Just filled out the survey. Good luck. Always nice to here from young people in the hobby.

Done. Would like to see the end result when you complete the assignment. Thanks.

I completed your survey. Best of luck!

Survey completed. Best wishes to you on this project.

survey completed. Good luck with your project.

Best of Luck Nick!! Nice to see the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well by our younger members. Stay with it!!

survey completed. 

Done.

Disruption, in an economic sense, not only comes from totally new products, but also through solving the same job for the customer in a better way (more fun, more interactive, simpler installation, etc.) or through a lower cost business model.  Good job, Nick! @NSDTrains

Completed the survey. Good luck!