{"id":12553,"date":"2015-05-10T16:53:12","date_gmt":"2015-05-10T15:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12553"},"modified":"2015-05-10T16:53:35","modified_gmt":"2015-05-10T15:53:35","slug":"train-disruption-indicator-with-lots-of-blinkies-and-a-raspberry-pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12553","title":{"rendered":"Train disruption indicator with lots of blinkies and a Raspberry Pi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/unop.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/tube.jpg?resize=560%2C25&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"25\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/127014091\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>James Singleton took a Raspberry Pi and a <a href=\"http:\/\/blinkinlabs.com\/blinkytape\/\" target=\"_blank\">BlinkyTape<\/a>\u00a0and created a train disruption indicator. He used\u00a0the London Underground API and an interface he wrote to look at Main Line delays to program the BlinkyTape to show different colours and to flash whenever there was a disruption on one of the lines. There&#8217;s lots more detail on his blog, so <a href=\"https:\/\/unop.uk\/dev\/train-disruption-indicator-with-a-blinky-tape-rgb-led-strip-and-raspberry-pi\/\" target=\"_blank\">head over there to read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Singleton took a Raspberry Pi and a BlinkyTape\u00a0and created a train disruption indicator. 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