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  • Overview
    • Background
    • Toyama Light Rail, the prototype
    • Toyama Light Rail, the models
    • Track plan
  • Track Sensors
    • Background
    • Sensors
    • Controllers and nodes
      • Sensor nodes
      • Sensor controllers
    • Sensor network
    • Software
      • Sensor nodes
      • Sensor controller
  • Throttles
    • Background
    • Motor controller hardware
    • Motor controller software
  • Throttles – Implementation
    • Overview
    • Throttle System Units
      • Throttle Unit
      • Controller Unit
      • Power Monitor Unit
  • Block Switching
    • Background
    • What about those turnouts?
    • Switching a single block
    • Switching multiple blocks
    • Hardware
    • Software
  • Switch Machine Controllers
    • Background
    • Switch machines
    • Hardware
  • Trackside Signals
    • Background
    • Color-Light Signals
    • Obstruction-Warning Signals
  • Arduino Day 2017 in Rockville, Maryland
  • Notes on Interfaces
  • Railroad Turntable
  • Turntable Calculations
  • Switch Machine Controllers – version 1

model railroad electronics

Skip to content
  • Overview
    • Background
    • Toyama Light Rail, the prototype
    • Toyama Light Rail, the models
    • Track plan
  • Track Sensors
    • Background
    • Sensors
    • Controllers and nodes
      • Sensor nodes
      • Sensor controllers
    • Sensor network
    • Software
      • Sensor nodes
      • Sensor controller
  • Throttles
    • Background
    • Motor controller hardware
    • Motor controller software
  • Throttles – Implementation
    • Overview
    • Throttle System Units
      • Throttle Unit
      • Controller Unit
      • Power Monitor Unit
  • Block Switching
    • Background
    • What about those turnouts?
    • Switching a single block
    • Switching multiple blocks
    • Hardware
    • Software
  • Switch Machine Controllers
    • Background
    • Switch machines
    • Hardware
  • Trackside Signals
    • Background
    • Color-Light Signals
    • Obstruction-Warning Signals
  • Arduino Day 2017 in Rockville, Maryland
  • Notes on Interfaces
  • Railroad Turntable
  • Turntable Calculations
  • Switch Machine Controllers – version 1

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Month: August 2016

Leave a comment Posted on August 29, 2016

Switch machine test posted

The Switch Machine Controllers page now has a short video of a successful test of the controller design, using an Arduino Micro and an L293D motor driver chip.

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