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The mission of TrainElectronics.com is to develop microcontroller based electronic devices for the model railroad community and to educate model railroaders so that they can build and modify their own electronic controls.

Most of the products and projects explored here are based on the PICAXE or PIC microcontrollers and are programmed in BASIC.
 

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"I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it. "
Pablo Picasso

 

This spot on the TrainElectronics.com Home Page is used to document our latest project.

Model Railroad Drag Strip Controller

The objective of this project is to design and construct a controller that will manage a G-Scale drag strip where two locomotives will race each other over a fixed distance.
The controller will make sure that the two competing engines are staged properly at the start and that they both start fairly after the "Christmas Tree" lights have reached green.
The controller will determine the winner and will display the reaction time of each competitor and the time to complete the run.