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    Re: Eliminate high-speed derailments forever! (and possibly void your warranty) —Ludo Soete
   (...) that's (...) transformer (...) I just opened a LEGO TRAIN SPEED REGULATOR and drawn a shematic of it. I did this once before but lost the paper. Now to the point: The INPUT of the regulator may be an AC or a DC signal. Even reversing the (...) (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
   
        Re: Eliminate high-speed derailments forever! (and possibly void your warranty) —Nick Taylor
     Ludo - - Thanks for the great analysis of the LEGO speed control! - Nick - ludo soete wrote: [snip] (...) (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
    
         Re: Eliminate high-speed derailments forever! (and possibly void your warranty) —Ludo Soete
      (...) Electronics is one of my hobbys,and i wanted to know how they (Lego) build there speed controller. In fact,its a basic application of the LM317 regulator. More info abouth the LM317 can be found in a data sheet book from National Semiconductor (...) (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
    
         (canceled) —Ludo Soete
   
        Re: Eliminate high-speed derailments forever! (and possibly void your warranty) —Tom McDonald
   (...) Wow. Good for them! (and us :-) I would have opened mine too, but am glad that someone put it into good terms. Maybe this is something for the FAQ for those that aren't electronics' newbies? (...) <snip> (...) Very good. (...) <snip> (...) (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
 

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