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A company called TINY CIRCUITS  TinyTV DIY Kit | DIY Kits | TinyCircuits.com

has a circuit for a tiny TVs,



tiny tv

Could a version be installed in a passenger car to show a video of moving passengers within the car;

or in an engine cab showing engineers waiving or shoveling coal. In a caboose showing conductors drinking coffee.



I should add that I have NOT purchased one as yet.

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I imagine the enclosure could be made smaller or simply remove the legs and now it will be approximately the 1:48 scale in height.  There were some large sets at one time so I wouldn't rule this out.

You could put this into a home and have some kids sitting in front of it watching the Adams Family where Gomez is playing with his trains!   All sorts of ideas with this little gadget.

Very cute and customizable.

I saw on the products page there is another display without the "TV" cabinet.  I don't understand if it does the same thing or not.

Pretty sure it's the same board, just without the cabinet.  They actually have a few different display kits with various funcitons, so you'd have to be sure you were getting the functionality you were looking for.

Reviving an older thread, but this company is coming out with a smaller version of the TV which is still big, but closer to O scale. They are open for pre orders but I bet they’ll offer a DIY kit for the new mini screen, which would be cool.

Also, they now have it where you can stream directly from your computer, so you could play anything or even mirror your computer screen, which is cool to me.

https://tinycircuits.com/pages/tinytv2

Just thought I’d share in case anyone for last year was interested.

The TV could probably take the place of a window in a passenger car or caboose. That would open a new era of detail!

But I see they have tiny Arduinos that run on very small voltages. I'm wondering what we can do with those. Maybe infrared lenses to "load' and "unload" cars at their destinations (like a digital waybill system)? Opening box car doors automatically?

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