wondered if anyone had used Cortex to help automate a model railway ...
we've a simple oval + a couple of sidings, each with a train, and reed-switches & separate forward & reverse power-feeds for each leg of the points (so, two points, six reed-switches, 2x four power-feeds) ...
reed switches will signal momentarily, so we're using them to trigger sets of cascaded T-FlipFlop gates - four per set, and one set per route through the points (so, four sets), as a way of knowing which train & which direction & which point & which route through the point ...
and using these to set points & signals appropriately ...
plus a simple control panel with a plan of the circuit, LED-indicators & push-buttons for user-input ...
we're building the (Cortex) Connections stage by stage & testing as we go ...
needs to be user-friendly & fool-proof & crash-free, and manual or automatic !
some way to go ... so not too late to change the approach !
we've a simple oval + a couple of sidings, each with a train, and reed-switches & separate forward & reverse power-feeds for each leg of the points (so, two points, six reed-switches, 2x four power-feeds) ...
reed switches will signal momentarily, so we're using them to trigger sets of cascaded T-FlipFlop gates - four per set, and one set per route through the points (so, four sets), as a way of knowing which train & which direction & which point & which route through the point ...
and using these to set points & signals appropriately ...
plus a simple control panel with a plan of the circuit, LED-indicators & push-buttons for user-input ...
we're building the (Cortex) Connections stage by stage & testing as we go ...
needs to be user-friendly & fool-proof & crash-free, and manual or automatic !
some way to go ... so not too late to change the approach !
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