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  • Overview
    • Background
    • Toyama Light Rail, the prototype
    • Toyama Light Rail, the models
    • Track plan
  • Throttles
    • Background
    • Motor controller hardware
    • Motor controller software
  • Throttles – Implementation
    • Overview
      • Throttle System Units
        • Throttle Unit
        • Controller Unit
        • Power Monitor Unit
  • Switch Machine Controllers
    • Background
    • Switch machines
    • Hardware
      • Update
      • Another update
    • Schematics
    • Driver Module printed circuit boards
    • Software
    • Special note: I2C over servo wire
  • Block switching
    • Background
    • What about those turnouts?
    • Switching a single block
    • Switching multiple blocks
    • Hardware
      • Block addressing logic
      • Relay decoder/driver
      • Relay module
      • Connection to control processor
    • Software
    • Timing requirement for relays
  • Track Sensors
    • Background
    • Sensors
    • Controllers and nodes
      • Sensor nodes
      • Sensor controllers
    • Sensor network
    • Software
      • Sensor nodes
      • Sensor controller
  • Trackside Signals
    • Background
    • Color-Light Signals
    • Obstruction-Warning Signals
  • Notes on Interfaces
    • Daisy-chaining SPI devices
    • I2C over servo cable
    • UDP network communications
  • Railroad Turntable
    • Background
    • Modeling the turntable
    • Trackage
    • Drive mechanism
    • Position indexing
  • Turntable Calculations
    • Background
    • Calculations
    • Python code
  • T-TRAK Module Wiring
  • (archive) Arduino Day 2017 in Rockville, Maryland
  • (archive) Switch Machine Controllers – version 1
  • Overview
    • Background
    • Toyama Light Rail, the prototype
    • Toyama Light Rail, the models
    • Track plan
  • Throttles
    • Background
    • Motor controller hardware
    • Motor controller software
  • Throttles – Implementation
    • Overview
      • Throttle System Units
        • Throttle Unit
        • Controller Unit
        • Power Monitor Unit
  • Switch Machine Controllers
    • Background
    • Switch machines
    • Hardware
      • Update
      • Another update
    • Schematics
    • Driver Module printed circuit boards
    • Software
    • Special note: I2C over servo wire
  • Block switching
    • Background
    • What about those turnouts?
    • Switching a single block
    • Switching multiple blocks
    • Hardware
      • Block addressing logic
      • Relay decoder/driver
      • Relay module
      • Connection to control processor
    • Software
    • Timing requirement for relays
  • Track Sensors
    • Background
    • Sensors
    • Controllers and nodes
      • Sensor nodes
      • Sensor controllers
    • Sensor network
    • Software
      • Sensor nodes
      • Sensor controller
  • Trackside Signals
    • Background
    • Color-Light Signals
    • Obstruction-Warning Signals
  • Notes on Interfaces
    • Daisy-chaining SPI devices
    • I2C over servo cable
    • UDP network communications
  • Railroad Turntable
    • Background
    • Modeling the turntable
    • Trackage
    • Drive mechanism
    • Position indexing
  • Turntable Calculations
    • Background
    • Calculations
    • Python code
  • T-TRAK Module Wiring
  • (archive) Arduino Day 2017 in Rockville, Maryland
  • (archive) 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
  • Throttles
    • Background
    • Motor controller hardware
    • Motor controller software
  • Throttles – Implementation
    • Overview
      • Throttle System Units
        • Throttle Unit
        • Controller Unit
        • Power Monitor Unit
  • Switch Machine Controllers
    • Background
    • Switch machines
    • Hardware
      • Update
      • Another update
    • Schematics
    • Driver Module printed circuit boards
    • Software
    • Special note: I2C over servo wire
  • Block switching
    • Background
    • What about those turnouts?
    • Switching a single block
    • Switching multiple blocks
    • Hardware
      • Block addressing logic
      • Relay decoder/driver
      • Relay module
      • Connection to control processor
    • Software
    • Timing requirement for relays
  • Track Sensors
    • Background
    • Sensors
    • Controllers and nodes
      • Sensor nodes
      • Sensor controllers
    • Sensor network
    • Software
      • Sensor nodes
      • Sensor controller
  • Trackside Signals
    • Background
    • Color-Light Signals
    • Obstruction-Warning Signals
  • Notes on Interfaces
    • Daisy-chaining SPI devices
    • I2C over servo cable
    • UDP network communications
  • Railroad Turntable
    • Background
    • Modeling the turntable
    • Trackage
    • Drive mechanism
    • Position indexing
  • Turntable Calculations
    • Background
    • Calculations
    • Python code
  • T-TRAK Module Wiring
  • (archive) Arduino Day 2017 in Rockville, Maryland
  • (archive) Switch Machine Controllers – version 1

Recent Posts

  • Updates to Turntable pages
  • UDP-with-echo updated
  • Update coming on UDP-with-echo protocol
  • Turntable Calculations page updated
  • Revisions coming on “Turntable Calculations”

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Month: March 2017

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Announcing Arduino Day 2017 Event in Rockville, Maryland

As organizer of the Montgomery Village (Maryland) Arduino Meetup and co-organizer of the MoCo Makers Meetup (Montgomery County), I am pleased to announce a public event for Arduino Day 2017, 1 April 2017, in Rockville, Maryland at the Rockville Library Maker Space.  The details can be found here.

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