DCC is still the main option for controlling model railways. That’s why the new version of SimpleDCC (2.0) includes its own DCC command stations with two-way communication. As a result, even layouts in smaller scales such as TT, N, and Z can work with SimpleDCC. While working on
After a few months of development, we are excited to introduce our improved Hot Wheels RC conversion kit. If you haven't heard about the Turbo64 conversion kit before, it's a DIY kit containing everything you need to convert Hot Wheels and other 1/64 scale diecast
In this guide, I’ll show you which electronics you need to build an RC car featuring a servo motor (for steering), a DC motor (to move the car forward and backward), lights, and sound. If you enjoy programming, you can customize the firmware (based on Arduino and ESP32XX SOCs)
In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to create a fully automated level crossing for a model railroad layout or diorama. This setup works even without DCC and is compatible with small scales like N, TT, and H0. We’ll explore four different ways to control the level crossing:
At Loco.Engineering, we're focused on simplifying how we control model trains and other electronic toys. To be honest, most of the technologies used in model trains and RC toys are outdated. For example, many DCC decoders still require CV programming with special proprietary tools, when we now
In this guide, I will show how to get started with DCC-EX to control your model trains and the whole model railroad layout with a very affordable setup (around 60 EUR / 70 USD for the whole setup excluding DCC decoder costs). Why do we still use and show how to
If you're planning to build an RC car and search for videos on how to do it, you'll likely come across tutorials featuring Das Mikro electronics. In this post, I'll explain why you should consider using Loco.Engineering RC car boards instead. What Electronics
When we tested our first version of the RC car control board for small-scale RC cars (up to 1:32) around 14 months ago, we couldn't have imagined that Hot Wheels RC conversion kits would become so popular. At that time, it was merely an internal test project.
Today, we're excited to announce our modules for remote-controlled battery-powered cars and other vehicles, such as cars for train layouts, city layouts, boats, and cranes. We'll delve into how to use these car modules for various models and toys in our future posts. But today, I
In this guide, I'll explain three options for controlling model railway layouts and a few trains on the floor in your room. If you're already familiar with the first two options (analog control and DCC), you can skip to the section on option 3 - Wireless
In this guide, I will show you how to convert almost any Hot Wheels or other 1/64 scale diecast cars into an RC car. At the end of this guide, you can download the files needed for 3D printing. If you don't have a 3D printer, you
* Level of Complexity: EASY * Required time: 10 - 15 min In this guide, you'll learn how to create your own wireless accessory or multifunction DCC decoder based on the ESP32S3 microcontroller and the SimpleDCC/WCC project. Why should you build your own DCC decoder or use a programmable
After more than 1 year of development, experiments, tests, and sleepless nights we're ready to introduce Loco.Engineering accessory decoder that, we guess, is the most comprehensive decoder available on the market now. In this introduction post, I will show you why we think so. The problem we
Today I want to explain what you're paying for when ordering a DCC multifunction decoder, accessory decoder, and other electronics for your layout. and what is the main reason that they are so expensive and how we in Loco.Engineering is trying to solve this problem to make
No updates for a long time but it's because we haven't enough time for blog posts. When we don't work on WCC and decoders we have fun testing what we've finished already. and those tests become more and more interesting because interactions
Today I want to show you how easy to add Wireless Command Control to your layout (new one or with existing DCC decoders) and forget about any DCC complexity forever. If you don't know what is WCC - check this post. When we designed how layout elements (trains,