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| (...) When you say LEGO diodes, are you sure you aren't referring to the thermistor that some DCC mods have you remove? Maybe I'm confused of course... whose conversion instructions did you follow? (21 years ago, 31-May-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) have a (...) diodes (at (...) I think those are probably some sort of noise suppression device, not diodes. At least they don't "diode" when I hook'em to my meter. Another clue is there's no band on one end. Could be one of those "free to good (...) (21 years ago, 31-May-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.trains)
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| Hi Dryden, DCC sends information to the decoders by flipping the polarity of the power supply in a specific timing sequence. So, it's not like the X-10 protocol. To get more power to run more locomotives, you need something called a DCC booster. The (...) (21 years ago, 31-May-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Got the programming part--all motors on differnt Loco #'s--figured it out. I wouldn't mind building that Ack circuit though, so any advice on using hte LEGO diodes would be helpful. I'm having a great time--and by the way, as mentioned on the (...) (21 years ago, 30-May-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Hey Mark, I posted earlier in a new thread praising the greatness of this, but I have a few additional questions that I thought I'd just ad to this thread-- I converted 3 LEGO motors with the micro-controller, and now have 3 diodes (at least, (...) (21 years ago, 30-May-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) hmm, color codes and being color blind dont really match well indeed... as far as electronic components go, I'm just a hobbyist. My day job is programming ;) Esger (21 years ago, 30-May-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.trains)
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| In lugnet.robotics.rcx, Esger Abbink wrote: <snip> (...) Perfectly understood. Thanks! My problem has always been that I wanted to get into electronics, but all those resistors 'n such used to have all these coloured stipes to denote the different (...) (21 years ago, 30-May-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.trains)
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| i have a question concerning how the DCC signal is sent Is it just sort of a "rider" on top of the power similar to X-10 home automation signals? If so could not the RCX be protected with diodes and used in conjunction with a standard train (...) (21 years ago, 30-May-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) put in (...) Thanks, Larry, and thanks to all who posted or emailed. (...) one (...) Or is (...) It's important that the motor outputs share the load as evenly as possible. A stalled train motor can draw as much as 750ma, while a single motor (...) (21 years ago, 30-May-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) I forget if I already replied with how nifty this is. I spotlighted it, I put in a news article at ILTCO (we're having some domain problems right now, a temporary url is iltco.northcomp.com) and I added it to the .trains header That ought to (...) (21 years ago, 30-May-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Hi Dave, no you wouldnt need any resistors or diodes. Esger (22 years ago, 30-May-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Sorry, my earlier post should have been more clear. I was just commenting on the fact that in general a resistor is _not_ a good way to reduce voltage to a train motor. And you recalled correctly: diode's are "one-way". Thats why you need to (...) (22 years ago, 29-May-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) The problem with inductive load is that when current is interrupted, they generate large voltage spikes with reverse polarity. The diode absorbs these spikes and avoids destroying the driver... Philo (22 years ago, 29-May-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) I'm no electronics engineer by any stretch-- A diode, iirc, allows DC current to 'flow thru' in only one direction. What would a diode do across the output on the top of the train motor? And why would one be good for 'inductive' loads such as (...) (22 years ago, 29-May-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) I don't install them either, and I have done something like 30 motors so far. (...) True, but ONLY if you are just going to use the RCX as a output. You can dial the voltage that DB100's (and most other Digitrax) boosters put out to a exact (...) (22 years ago, 29-May-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Chris, I thought that pneumatics parts had made it into the official parts release. When was the last time you updated your parts? I've been known to use parts from here: (URL) I prefer the parts made by JP Brown. You can get them off my (...) (22 years ago, 29-May-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| (...) output? Dave, I used a 1N4002. It's a fairly common 1 amp switching diode. Here's a picture from my latest decoder install: (URL) that the banded end of the diode gets the blue lead from the decoder. The unbanded end gets the white lead. If (...) (22 years ago, 28-May-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.trains)
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| In lugnet.robotics.rcx, Mark Riley wrote: <snip> (...) Mucho appreciated Mark. The Diode--any diode will do? and just solder it across the connector output? Take care, Dave (22 years ago, 28-May-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) I (...) resistors (...) goes (...) run (...) the (...) isn't (...) reduce the (...) David, When I installed my first decoders (Digitrax DN121), I omitted the capacitors, figuring if the buzzing was annoying, I could always add them later. As (...) (22 years ago, 28-May-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.trains)
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| <snip> (...) Hey Esger I'm not an electronic specialist by any stretch of the imagination (though not by lack of trying) But commercially available DCC controllers and stuff mostly run at 12 volts (from the research I read), but the RCX runs at 9 (...) (22 years ago, 28-May-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.trains)
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