[throwaway201606]

¿ Should it be "Massachusetts Bodged Transit Authority" and not "Massachusetts Bodged Transistor Authority"?

I can't help but think that I am missing a really cool inside joke of some kind here.

I get that it is an electronics project using a piece of transit authority electronic equipment so "transistor" make a ton of sense from that perspective but also get it that it is easy to go "transistor" when you mean "transit" especially if you work a lot with electronics.

Can anyone help me out with a hint ( and not an answer ) if I am indeed missing something key all together.

Either way, both article title and article content are dope.

[breckenedge]

It’s in the article: “The transistors are backwards.”

[colanderman]

I just read it as a nod toward electronics hacking.

[jffry]

Hint: You should read the "Driving the indicator from a microcontroller" section again

[throwaway201606]

THANK YOU!

Makes perfect sense now.

That is a really clever joke.