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Re: Woohoo!! Long Live Lego Trains!!
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 12 Jan 2001 17:09:03 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Matthew Bates writes:
> In lugnet.trains, Eric Brok writes:
> > Looking at what Playmobil did some years ago, a likely 'major change' of
> > Trains is replacing the expensive metal tracks by plastic track (like Duplo
> > train) and have the trains battery-powered & radio-controlled.
> >
> > Eric
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> What I would love to see is a convergence of Mindstorms and Trains. Both
> moving to a "signalling supererimposed on power" type system (a bit like
> DCC). So all LEGO electrics/electronics would work the same, motors, train
> motors, lights, switches, sensors etc. All would connect to a single port on
> the (new) Mindstorms RCX or (new) train controller to get both power and
> commands. This would be cool...
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> 1) RCX could be much smaller and have almost unlimited capabilities (you
> just daisy chain as many motors and sensors as you need)
> 2) Much simpler wiring up of train layouts. (Although non-isolating points
> would be preferred)
> 3) Advanced train control capabilities
> 4) Headlights on trains wouldn't be speed dependent.
> 5) An RCX could control a train layout.
> 6) An IR or USB bridge could be designed for communication with a PC.
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> I say a bit like DCC, because DCC is a bit limited in capability...
> 1) Receiving commands from sensors is almost impossible with DCC.
> 2) DCC is electrically 'noisy'. I would prefer a DC system.
> 3) DCC is not very high bandwidth.
> 4) DCC is single master. It should should be possible to daisy chain RCX's
> for multi-master (multiprocessor) systems.
>
> I suppose what I'm proposing is a 'LAN', a LEGO Area Network.
Sounds good to me! -Harvey
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| (...) What I would love to see is a convergence of Mindstorms and Trains. Both moving to a "signalling supererimposed on power" type system (a bit like DCC). So all LEGO electrics/electronics would work the same, motors, train motors, lights, (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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