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Smart Motor
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 10 Sep 2004 07:58:59 GMT
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PeterBalch <PETERBALCH@COMPUSERVE.COMstopspam>
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> installing a DCC decoder directly into a Technic motor,
> And, it's not too expensive - less than $35US per smart motor.
Since the earlier postings, I've tried to find out about DCC controllers. I
design (non-Lego) robot kits and I'm quite impressed with the potential of
DCC.
However, the price of the controllers is horrendous. Is it because the
manufacturers and shopkeepers are greedy? the market is tiny? there's no
competition? model railway enthusiasts don't realise how cheap silicon is?
Is it possible to buy just the chips rather than a packaged chip? Although,
from the photos of products, the packaging is minimal.
Peter
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| (...) I think one of the reasons for the high cost is that supply hasn't always been able to keep up with demand. I've read many threads about manufacturers (most notably Digitrax) not being able to deliver product on schedule, or not delivering (...) (20 years ago, 10-Sep-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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