Loco Team - Loco.Engineering | Railway Modelling

L.E. v 0.9 | Small NFC antennas that fit N gauge trains

Apr 15, 2022 2 min read

Finally, yesterday we got working small NFC antennas. Two previous weeks we spent on NFC again trying to figure out what we make wrong with NFC tuning or maybe it's just not possible

L.E. v 0.8 | Sound in modules for N and H0 gauge locomotives

Apr 1, 2022 2 min read

Great news for everyone - every WCC module will have an audio amplifier. This means that you’ll be able to connect a speaker to any WCC module in N+ gauge locomotives and

L.E. v 0.7 | Mesh networking for railway modeling

Mar 18, 2022 2 min read

This week we decided to pause our NFC research around antennas and focus on other components. We already have great performance for NFC readers if a reader is placed under rails and an

L.E. v 0.6 | NFC antenna tuning & Märklin Start Up fix

Mar 11, 2022 2 min read

This week we've worked on the NFC antenna tuning circuit mostly. The whole NFC antenna tuning process isn't as simple as when you connect an antenna to your wi-fi, Bluetooth device, or TV.

L.E. v 0.5 | New DC motor driver and public API

Mar 4, 2022 2 min read

This Monday we received new PCBs to try new drivers for brushed DC motors. Before we used TI drivers that work with voltage less than 20V and current up to 1.5A. Really