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Due to an error on my part my main thread regarding my layout under construction, I called it "MY NEW LAYOUT ARDUINO CONTROLLED" I have probably put people off by the title so I have now broken it up into 2 separate threads on for scenery and this one for the electronics. The mixed up thre...

Due to an error on my part my main thread regarding my layout under construction, I called it "MY NEW LAYOUT ARDUINO CONTROLLED" I have probably put people off by the title so I have now broken it up into 2 separate threads on for scenery and this one for the electronics. The mixed up thre...

Hello again Thank you for taking the time to check that out, I will grab some physical hardware to play with then Next lesson :) I am here to give help in any manor that is required so that you can have a trouble free learning experience. Attached is a Zip file containing a much neater layout for th...

Yep did it exactly as you suggested I think I could be the program I have downloaded that program and managed to get it to run in Linux, and get the same error as you did does not like this statement " for ( int count=0;count<5; ) " tried separating it into 2 separate statements as thus i...

Oh btw I use a program called UnoArdSim and tried to run your program but when it compiled it came up with and error saying it was looking for something after a bracket? I don’t have my laptop now but will let you know what line the error is on Not sure about that as I have copied the code using se...

Dad-1 wrote:I've never bothered to read this thread before ...... 'cos it was all beyond my
understanding.

I probably mucked up here by putting the scenery and the electronics in the same thread. I have been thinking of splitting it up into layout and electronics

Hello again Welcome to PROJECT 1 STAGE 3 The program is getting longer and more complex as it is having to deal with problems from the outside world that happen to slowly for the Arduino to deal with. So I have had to add a couple of while loops that do nothing except make the program sit there wait...

Over the weekend went and re-structured the CAN_BUS messages and ID's so that it would allow me more efficient programming and faster execution of the program. Not that time is much of an issue here. Finally added the service brake function, so now when the service brake is pressed the train gradual...

Video is now up on Vimeo. You will notice that there is a bit of a delay from when the button is pressed to when the lights start or stop flashing, this is because if the program is in the section of the program where the delay is, it takes awhile before it goes and reads the switches. later on I wi...

As you can see from the program listing the program has grown a lot and is a lot more complex. Those who are experienced programmers will note that there is a lot of redundant code in here that needlessly executes each time through the loop. I have done this to make the program less complicated for ...

These Chinese printers are a pain in the butt. As I have said previously my Wanhao D7 has been nothing but trouble from the beginning, and just after my last post the D7 failed again. I purchased this printer from an agent that is in Australia which has turned out to be a good thing. After the Janua...

In my last post I made the following statement that is incorrect the data size is actually limited to 8 bytes as defined in the standard. The message format is what I decided I needed in my case, just as long as the header gives the correct information about amount of data then it can be virtually a...

Hi all Below is a screen capture of the serial monitor showing the communications between the Arduinos used in my train control system. there is still a lot of work to be done on this side of things. Using HEX format for all the data makes things that much easier as everything is in the same format,...

Tonight I received a reply about my appeal to YouTube about the Video of the Crossing Flasher being taken down. Below is there reply Dear timbologist: Thank you for submitting your video appeal to YouTube. After further review, we've determined that your video doesn't violate our Community Guideline...

Well as threatened I have put another no thrills cheap and nasty boring video on Vimeo. You can think of it as punishment for sins in your past life. :lol: :twisted: https://vimeo.com/269534963 It just shows how I am progressing with this project at the moment, all is running quite nicely, and have ...