December 20, 2017Layout Control, Mimic Panel, Products, Turnout Control MiniPanel Processor – New product announcement The MiniPanel Processor is a simplified mimic panel controller for up to 12 channels and is available as a bare bones circuit […]
December 13, 2017December 12, 2017Feedback, Layout Control, Mimic Panel More on compound bi-colour LEDs and opto feedback sensors More on bi coloured LEDs (compound), how to hook them up to a MultiPanel and a demonstration of their use. There’s also […]
December 6, 2017December 6, 2017Layout Control, Mimic Panel Optical sensors and smaller panel buttons video update This video illustrates the design constraints we are under when creating more compact and higher detailed mimic panels and how we’ve solved […]
November 22, 2017November 21, 2017Back to basics, Layout Control, Turnout Control How to centre your servos for model railway turnout control This back to basics video shows how failing to centre the servo can lead to unexpected results. We then go to demonstrate […]
November 15, 2017November 14, 2017Back to basics, Layout Control, Products, Turnout Control Setting network address range on solenoid, stall and Kato motor driver boards This video discusses and demonstrates how to adjust the network address ranges on solenoid, Kato and stall motor turnout motor driver boards. […]
November 1, 2017October 31, 2017Feedback, Layout Control Engineering preview video – Feedback light sensor for model railways This video shows a prototype optical sensor that will become integrated into our block detection and feedback system. Expected to become available […]
October 18, 2017October 18, 2017Exhibition, Layout Control, Mimic Panel, Turnout Control External router housing and panel How you can add a route processor to your existing layout without having to redesign your existing mimic panel. This video introduces […]
October 11, 2017October 11, 2017Layout Control, Mimic Panel Video: Dothill – Customer bespoke mimic panel hook-up Video showing the internal wiring and thought processes required to complete a mimic panel. Dothill bespoke mimic panel hook-up.
October 4, 2017September 30, 2017Layout Control, Turnout Control Surface mounting servos for turnouts In this video we examine a few different R/C servos and surface mount a couple alongside turnouts on an N gauge test […]
September 27, 2017September 20, 2017Layout Control Video – Dapol OO Scale servo modification part 2 electrics and testing Part one shows the removal of the guts and installation of a servo (HobbyKing HK-5330). The unit is hooked up to a […]