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. NFC antennas are susceptible and you should develop 2 circuits (filter circuit and
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 it's not bad because the driver's dimensions are just 2 mm x 2
This week we worked on our web app's mockup (schematics with the app's screens and how they should interact with each other). The web app will be used to control trains, cars, and layout elements manually and create layout automation as well. Honestly, after a week
WCC is a modular system based on 3 modules (train, accessory and car modules) and 1 submodule (NFC module). Submodules should be connected to modules using a 4-pin connector because submodules haven't MCU and can only send data to modules. Why did we decide to use such a
NFC (Near-field communication) is the base of WCC (Wireless Command Control, if you don't know what is it and how it works, check this post). NFC includes 2 components - unpowered tags that can be placed under rails, on a road, on a train, etc., and a powered
The first development version of Loco.Engineering platform is here. Let’s skip around 2 years of different experiments and research and check what we have in version 0.1. If you don’t know what we’re developing and why we decide to spend a lot of time and
A few years ago we visited a model railroad layout Kolejkowo in Gliwice, Poland. It’s a well-built detailed layout but with a very limited amount of interactions and automation. Automation in railway modeling is still complex - yes we have DCC, MFX, and other stuff to make our layouts