Beyond pride, the biggest issue keeping adults off small motorized scooters is the fact that their tiny motors usually don’t have the power to move anything heavier than your average eighth grader.

Q: I have a trestle bridge above a deep ravine on my HO scale layout and would like to automatically slow DCC locomotives approaching the bridge to avoid too rapid an entry. Using DCC, is there a ...

A reader writes in that his DCC locomotive won’t move under DC control. Is the problem the motor or the decoder? Steven Otte lists some diagnostic steps to find out. Model Railroader staff photo Q: ...

Implements the common core functions and objects needed by every DCC decoder that supports Configuration Variables (CVs) and feedback via RS-Bus messages. It builds upon the AP_DCC_library and the ...

IR (Infrared) communication is simple, low-cost, and widely used wireless communication technology. IR light is somewhat similar to the visible light, except that the wavelength is slightly longer.

I've been looking at DCC signals and the performance of isolation circuits in connection with Arduinos. When decoding DCC in an Arduino, the measured half-pulse widths for a '1' bit, which is ...

Makers, developers and hobbyists looking for a quick way to program RFID cards might be interested in a new Arduino compatible RFID reader development board called the RFID123 which has been created ...

The five-year rolling stock contract to supply electro-motive diesel locomotives to BHP Iron Ore in the Pilbara has a core value of $292m. Downer has been supplying locomotives to BHP for the past ...

The opening and closing of a turnout can be simulated by creating this DCC controlled servo decoder that can drive up to 8 RC servos. The opening and closing of a turnout can be simulated by creating ...