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Re: Digital Controls
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lugnet.trains
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Sat, 13 Oct 2001 05:36:02 GMT
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James Powell wrote:
> (mention that you belong to a railway club- over here, I could help, but I
> suspect that they will believe you if you say you are a member of VanLUG- they
> give a discount)
VanLUG is that a 'real' train club?
The prices I got (in CDN are)
Empire Builder II $425.00
DN142 $72.00 (Same one that comes with the above kit)
DN121 $35.00
DZ121 $62.00
Seems reasonable to me.
> There are more steps (128) to the PWM in DCC (ha, say that fast 5 times!). So,
> I don't think that the compensated decoders are required. Mind you, I might
> find out that I want them for running between the 2 levels of my layout-
> however, that is intended to have a human operator run the trains, so I really
> don't see much of a problem. I haven't tried long trains around multi corners
> with it yet, so I cannot comment too much. (I guess I have to go play with my
> lego eh? :)
Yes, please do. How are you controlling the voltages to the motors and
lights? I know you can set the MAX voltage into a variable and not
exceed 9 volts but what about the accessories?
> I only have a real camera- so photos will be a few weeks or so. It isn't as
> scary as you think. For power transmission, I am using 2x2 pieces of the
> electric plates cut up (I think that the instructions for such modifications
> are on Ralph H's site)
I've modified motors before. (
http://www.akasa.bc.ca/tfm/lego_rcxtrain.html ) I've done a couple of
them for Mindstorms. Where the wheels pick up power and bring it to the
RCX power input. Then I added a wire to the motor and ran it out the
back. And as far as the cut up electric plate goes. (
http://www.akasa.bc.ca/tfm/lego_temp.html ) heh heh, I 'invented' it.
SMILE
Dean
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Dean Husby
LUGNET Member #320
TFM's LEGO Workshop - http://www.akasa.bc.ca/tfm
The Vancouver LEGO Club - http://www.akasa.bc.ca/vlc/
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| (...) You can set the max output voltage from the boosters-its another thing I haven't done yet, but you can adjust it between 12-20 V via a switch on the front. I'd assume the decoders burn ~1.5-3V internally, but I am not sure. (...) Then, you (...) (23 years ago, 13-Oct-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Yep. I have a loco # 1021 (figure that one out-hint, the clocks), and then 2500/2510, The 25's are my pair of class 25 diesels-they have the special wiring setup for operation of the brake vans. Being able to number in any series of 4 digit (...) (23 years ago, 13-Oct-01, to lugnet.trains)
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