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eBay Low Cost DCC anyone built one?

Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2019 6:58 pm
by hardhat_harry
Has anyone built one of these?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Low-Cost-DCC ... 2749.l2649

I have but struggling to complete anyone help with some questions?

Re: eBay Low Cost DCC anyone built one?

Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2019 10:04 pm
by Paul-H
Hi

I did build one but didn't keep it very long, managed to get a train running but moved on the better things quite quickly.

I did have a few issues getting working, mainly down to errors in the circuit, seemed to need quite a bit of debugging that shouldn't have been necessary for a supposed finished product.

To be honest you would be better of going down the Arduino and DCC++ with the free JMRI software than messing about with something that might still have the circuit errors in.

Sorry can't be much help with your current problem.

Paul

Re: eBay Low Cost DCC anyone built one?

Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2019 9:37 am
by RAF96
Only supports basic decoders not NMRA advanced decoder requirements by the look of the ebay ‘spec’.

Re: eBay Low Cost DCC anyone built one?

Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2019 11:48 am
by Tricky Dicky
Looks like it is using an Arduino clone as the main board.

Richard

Re: eBay Low Cost DCC anyone built one?

Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2019 9:00 pm
by hardhat_harry
Yes I have spent a number of hours debugging and I'm getting to the stage of ditching for an e-link setup.