Ride on Model Railway Signalling using Kubernetes!
summary
Claim: container orchestration prevents collisions on ride‑on layouts by running each sensor and actuator as its own microservice. Hardware uses Raspberry Pis with microK8s, Power over Ethernet for long runs, and 3D‑printed axle counters at block boundaries; a console-backed service discovery running over LoRa ties nodes together. A React UI and automated deploys push updates to dozens of nodes, the system is open-sourced and demonstrably keeps blocks locked so trains do not collide.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Start
- 0:56Who Am I
- 1:33Model Trade Signaling
- 4:29Axle Counters
- 5:40Safety Interlocks
- 9:22Micro Kubernetes
- 10:47Why Does this all Matter
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