Model Train idea, a microcontroller engineer

[blueroomelectronics]

Just putting some thoughts down for discussion. There are plenty of DCC controllers for model trains, but I wonder if it would be fun to make a microcontrolled engine that responded visually to track signals.
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[audioguru]

A good idea because a microcontroller is not distraced by a scantily clad pretty girl. The microcontroller is an Eunuch.

 

[blueroomelectronics]

Is that a problem with real locomotives

 

[audioguru]

I think a real locomoto goes so fast that its driver can't see a naked pretty girl at the side of the tracks. The girl is with him unless he is a nerd.

 

[petrv]

I have built a few designs for DCC - e.g. a standalone DCC programmer with USB connection (PIC18F2455 based)

 

[blueroomelectronics]

I think DCC is cool, I was just tinkering with a non DCC system (no data coming through the tracks, just power)
Working LED signals to set the speed. Possibly IR modulated data for programming the digital engineer. A slightly autonomous system.