Month: April 2025

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Controlling Single Turnout and Single Crossover Turnout with Servos and Arduino

traiNmaster

Note: Reposted from my entry in germaN87AC blog. The title and terms have been corrected. Paired turnout is correctly called single crossover turnout in this context. I wanted to use servos to control the turnouts on my planned RailAdventure H0-scale module (total 19 turnouts) and N-scale Timesaver (total 4 turnouts). Each turnout will have 2 LED indicators to indicate the straight and divergent route. These turnouts and LED will be mounted on a separate control panel for the respective module. It was always been my wish to learn how to create a control panel for such purposes. Finally, after watching … Continue reading Controlling Single Turnout and Single Crossover Turnout with Servos and Arduino

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Review: World’s Smallest but Most Powerful All-in-One DCC/DC CommandStation

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Note: Reposted from my entry in germaN87AC blog The Hardware I think it is NOT preposterous to make the claim that the DCC-EX CommandStation/Booster 1 Express (EX-CSB1) is world’s smallest and most powerful all-in-one DCC/DC CommandStation/Booster. Its dimensions with the optional display case are L 73.6mm x W 70.7mm x H 19.5mm and weighs only 33 grams. After reading DCC-EX documentation, I was immediately convinced to get hold an EX-CSB1 to try out on my test track, module and eventually in-planning home layout. I owned Roco/Fleichmann z21 white CommandStation (it has since .been sold), a Märklin Central Station CS2 and … Continue reading Review: World’s Smallest but Most Powerful All-in-One DCC/DC CommandStation

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FREMO N-RE Meet 2025 in Nidderau-Heldenbergen: Bitten by FREMO-Bug

traiNmaster

A few weeks ago, I was invited by a friend to his N-scale FREMO meet-up near Frankfurt. I had seen and heard about Free-Mo/FREMO in videos on YouTube and other social media platforms, but this was my first hands-on experience seeing a FREMO operating session in action. Vor ein paar Wochen wurde ich von einem Freund zu seinem FREMO-Treffen in Spur N in der Nähe von Frankfurt eingeladen. Ich hatte schon Videos über Free-Mo/FREMO auf YouTube und in den sozialen Medien gesehen und gehört – aber dies war meine erste praktische Erfahrung, eine FREMO-Betriebssession live in Aktion zu erleben. It … Continue reading FREMO N-RE Meet 2025 in Nidderau-Heldenbergen: Bitten by FREMO-Bug