DCC - Electrical
Building simple circuits
One of the joys of model railroading is it provides the opportunity and motivation to learn new skills. One skill many avoid though, is building electronic circuits. I admit circuit building is intimidating, and not terribly necessary since so much is available RTR, but it is particularly satisfying to turn on the power and see things light up (most DIY circuits involve lights) knowing you put that part together from scratch.
Turnout detection - off the shelf or else how to mount/package?
I posted a similar question on another forum I frequent but not luck so far on info I can act on so i am hopeful someone here can help.
Sound decoder for Walthers gas-electric
I'm looking for a sound decoder for a Walthers gas-electric, sometimes referred to as a "Doodlebug." Tsunami has a sound file for the RGS "Galloping Goose", however that vehicle is powered directly by the gas engine whereas the doodlebug gas engine drove a generator that powered traction motors on each truck.
K. Gallistel
Where do I connect leds in athearn with soundtrax dcc
I have an Athearn FP45 with factory installed Soundtrax DCC. TSU GN 1000
Several of the bulbs have blown so I decided to change then for Leds, problem is that the Leds wont light up.I believe this is because the output for the bulbs is 1.5 volts & the Leds need 3 or more volts to work.
Does anybody know a way around this
Signal: Common anode to Common cathode converter
Hi Folks,
I have a couple of 3 LED Signal with common cathode.
I have purchased a DCC accessory module to manage them which unfortunately is common anode ONLY.
So I am looking any diagram/scheme to build a common anode into common cathode converter.
Thanks for sharing your past experience and efforts ;-)
Dcc control
Help: new to dcc control I have an mrc ad150 it's not fancy it works ok I'm going to run a 75 to 100 coal train with 5 Kato sd90 I'm running all sorts of lighting on my set plus I can run another train on another set of track while running my coal train with regular DC with the way I got it wired I looked at mrc,nce,digitrax what is the best bang for my money?can I run a DC train with a DCC controller? What amp dose the controller need to be?
Engine Facility -Trenton Subdivision in N Scale
Engine Repair and Maintenance facilities have always fascinated me, therefore I had to have one on my layout.
Ambient and triggered sound for the Milan branch
There are four areas on the Milan branch where I want to incorporate ambient or triggered sound:
1. random flange squeal on all three of the layout’s curves
Weekend Project Part 4: N-scale Kato PA units with Sound Completed
UPDATED 8/16/15: The video below shows two N-Scale Kato PA1 units with sound decoders along with a PB1 unit being tested in a A-B-A consist. The sound decoder, Digitrax SDN144K0a, is the same decoder that was previously installed in the Kato E8A (April 2015) and two F7A units (July 2015). The PB has a non-sound decoder.
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