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ProtoThrottle X - Extensions for ESU brakes, scale speed, and more
« on: September 16, 2026, 06:27:15 AM »
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Over the last month I've been working hard to extend the ProtoThrottle firmware with some significant new features:

- New Stack multi-step brake mode for ESU decoders

- New always-on airbrake simulation with prototypical main reservoir and compressor behaviour

- New scale speed display on the main screen

- New Operations Mode main screen with two extra configurable functions

- New 2-stage horn, function on emergency, and headlight improvements

- New Shared Loco Configuration store allowing throttles to share configs wirelessly (including PC import/export)


Please check out my YouTube for the full presentation with a deep dive into all the features with demos:


Public Service Alert — this video contains extreme ProtoThrottle nerdery™


Everything is publicly available on my Git Hub at:
  https://github.com/tim-benson/mrbw-cst
  https://github.com/tim-benson/mrbw-cabbus

A big thank you to Iowa Scaled Engineering for making their software open source!

Cheers
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Tim Benson

Modelling Tehachapi East Slope in N scale circa 1999