DC (Decent Cheap) Throttles

[DKS]

http://davidksmith.com/modeling/throttle.htm

[Mark5]

Very cool David. 

[Greg Elmassian]

I gather these are PWM, do you know the frequency?

Greg

[davefoxx]

Well done, DKS!  My favorite is the throttle in the Trenton Transportation Co. layout, which I had the pleasure of seeing in person at a CRHS Rail-B-Q.  The throttle hidden in a structure with the rooftop details as the controls was absolutely genius!

DFF

[DKS]

I gather these are PWM, do you know the frequency?

Greg

Sorry, no clue, but they do not create any audible buzz that I can detect in locos.

[strummer]

Could you post a photo of the unit you built?

Mark in Oregon

[DKS]

Could you post a photo of the unit you built?

I've built several. Here's one that's probably closest to what others might build:

[daniel_leavitt2000]

This is a perfect solution to small portable tabletop layouts.

Very cool

[Bill H]

http://davidksmith.com/modeling/throttle.htm

Bit lost here.  Why is info on a dc throttle posted in the dcc forum? Maybe this should be move to a different forum where it could help more modelers?

Cheers,
Bill

[C855B]

Bit lost here.  Why is info on a dc throttle posted in the dcc forum? Maybe this should be move to a different forum where it could help more modelers?

Because this is the DCC / Electronics forum. Not just DCC. DCC topics may dominate recent discussion, but dig a little and you'll find this is where we put general electronics tinkering.

[peteski]

Because this is the DCC / Electronics forum. Not just DCC. DCC topics may dominate recent discussion, but dig a little and you'll find this is where we put general electronics tinkering.

Interesting.

Maybe when members glance at the forum's name and they see DCC first, then they assume it is for DCC only.  Maybe renaming this section "Electronics/DCC", or Electronics and DCC", or "Electronics & DCC" would make things clearer?  But as you said, this is the proper forum for all electronics relating to model railroading (and sometimes even OT electronic topics).

[Chris333]

Direct Current Control.

[MK]

Can be used with a Digitrax Zephyr as an additional throttle. 

[DKS]

Well done, DKS!  My favorite is the throttle in the Trenton Transportation Co. layout, which I had the pleasure of seeing in person at a CRHS Rail-B-Q.  The throttle hidden in a structure with the rooftop details as the controls was absolutely genius!

Thank you, Mr. Foxx. For those wondering what he's talking about, here's the throttle (along with turnout controls) for a micro-layout I built:

[Bill H]

Interesting.

Maybe when members glance at the forum's name and they see DCC first, then they assume it is for DCC only.  Maybe renaming this section "Electronics/DCC", or Electronics and DCC", or "Electronics & DCC" would make things clearer?  But as you said, this is the proper forum for all electronics relating to model railroading (and sometimes even OT electronic topics).

Pete - my thought was if this was in a different forum, perhaps those with zero interest in DCC but are DC interested might have seen the post as I rather doubt many DC folks with visit this forum that often.
Cheers,
Bill