While being very busy with work I still managed to get some work done during the month of January. The focus became mostly structures and scenery so that I could look fairly presentable for the big Springfield, MA USA hobby show.
The module in the background in the first photo and the foreground in the second will be redone but was added for the show because I did not have time to build something else.
At this point all of the stop sites, turnouts, controllers, sensors and lights were tested for proper operation.
I added a temporary stop site on the rear of the module with a simple SPST toggle switch. This was to manually stop non dc car vehicles when they got to close from collisions. The show was the first time I had run vehicles for hours without a break. This was good because it really highlights the improvements you can make. The environment was pretty reliable but I did have a little trouble the second day of showing with steering adjustments and battery life. I would like to start experimenting with lipo batterys and see if I can improve run time.
It was great to see your display at Springfield and getting to see a dccar chip in person. I just finally started on my new modular layout which I plan on incorporating the car system into. It would be great to have others to work with on this as well and i look forward to seeing what you come up with.
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