Container Portal Crane with rainbow LED dash board

This example shows a Container Portal Crane and a colorful control board to load and unload 20’ and 40’ Container on model trains in gauge H0 (1/87); controlled by Arduino UNO R4 MINIMA. It explains a possible solution for a very general pick ’n place machine with man-machine-interface (MHI) on a joyful way with the Arduino and some professional components in industrial quality. Enjoy the flexibility of Arduino in this pick ´n place machine for loading 20`and 40`Container on model trains, all controlled and monitored from a colorful, rainbow LED dash board.

Jan 24, 2026

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Devices & Components

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Arduino® UNO R4 Minima

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Neo Pixel 90° circle

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drylin® SLW-0620 Linearmodul SLWC-0620AR-C0BE2-F0A0B-CC0A0AA-250 1 (anti-reflex)

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Grove Bar LED

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Linear actuator with stepper motor

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Joy-stick, analog, x/y and push button

Hardware & Tools

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Digital Multimeter

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Soldering Iron, ESD

Software & Tools

Arduino IDE

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Arduino Maker Platform

Project description

Code

260123 code of Container PortalCrane formated

cpp

// used Arduino R4 MINIMA, or others

Downloadable files

260123s handbook ContainerPortalCrane in H0 copy

describes the whole project and used components

260123s handbook ContainerPortalCrane in H0 Kopie.pdf

16 linear actuator Nema 08

16 Linearantrieb Schrittmotor NEMA08-04LA_Datenblatt.pdf

15 IGUS linear axe with stepper Nema 11

15 Igus Data sheet linear axe _2024_SLWC_and_SLW-XY_0620_EN_1.pdf

11 driver 8825 Stepper motor

11 DRV 8825 Stepper Motor Driver with Arduino Tutorial (4 Examples).pdf

10 Stepper Motor driver PoStep 25 -256

10 PoStep25-256 -joy-it--schrittmotor-treiber-25-a-schraubklemme.pdf

5 electro magnet 12 V DC not magnetic if no current

5 E-Magnet data sheet-intertec-elektromagnet 12vdc.pdf

Documentation

1 parametrische Resonanzen SPS 1984

1 parametrische Resonanzen SPS 1984.pdf

3 original patent SMIK

3 Patent SMIK steppermotor InstabilityKiller.pdf

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