Ok here’s a serious mock up. What is it? It’s a dongle that receives Scorpius throttle data and turns it into Carrera throttle data and delivers it to a RJ12 telephone plug that connects to the Carre...

Now that’s real magic  :checkeredflag:

Here’s the 100% truly compatible 100% plug and play Nitrous decoder by Scorpius Industries Pty Ltd. All you need is some Blu-tack. Chip can be used on Carrera native, Scorpius or Nitrous systems. Now...

Here’s what the worlds first multi protocol lane changer (with smarts, RF and BT) will look like. Just like the Nitrous car decoder, the Nitrous Lane Brain will run on Carrera 6 car or Scorpius 24 car...

Sorry Scorpius is not priced focused, rather feature based. We don’t do cheap sorry. Your best bet is the standard Scalextric. It’s actually relatively very cheap. Id stick with them.

My awesome Swiss rally/hillclimb slot car track is for sale at £1995.00 Built by Think Scalextric in 2021 and was used extensively as a promotional tool by the Swiss Tourist Office at various events i...

Just a little update. The Carrera protocol doesn’t like the bridge rectifier used for SSD compatibility. We can still proceed with Carrera based firmware work luckily by removing 3 of the 4 diodes.  S...

Well, it arrived just before lunch yesterday.  All I can say is;- "WOW!"   :cool: I haven't been able to put it down.  Don't think I've ever seen a motoring book with so much fascinating detail on e...

Hi Guys,     Ok so all the foundation work for the MPD was completed yesterday. Things like RTOS, bootloader, DFU, parameter library and Scorpius protocol have been completed and debugged.  As some of...

Hi Yattr, Scorpius is about to embark on a dual Comms system that will give Carrera users dozens of Scorpius features. It’s going to be a fun 2024 :thumbup: Details soon. PS. We are implementing the f...

Just a few points of clarification regarding the above APB upgrade posts: 1/ The optical isolator block.  This is an alternative rather than addition to the widely used ‘Riko’ cable i.e. the opto bl...

Hi, Rick here from Scorpius.  The best proven, quickest most reliable Scalextric digital combination still to this day is. C7042 PC Riko cable  Scorpius Controllers Scorpius Dongle RCS64 race softwar...

We live in a house built in 1900 out of granite. It's at the bottom of a long hill, all farmed. The ground at the back of the house is four feet above the inside floor level. In heavy rain and wind we...

I'm with you on this one.  Around here, we had a development a few years ago that suffered numerous delays because every time there was rain the site flooded and work had to stop.   :banghead: Mind,...

Scorpius ANTI COLLISION, PEARL and ULTIMA  Everyone has different needs or likes here and we have that added flexibility. WHAT IS PEARL EXACTLY? PEARL is as mentioned programmable and able to be cu...

This thread is intended for digital slotcar enthusiasts who have an interest in repaing faulty digital decoders. They are easy to damage and expensive to replace. Repair is an option for those with a ...

:wrench:  Hi Enthusiasts,     Well it’s been 17 years since I first bought Scalextric Sport Digital and 45 years since I first enjoyed Scalextric. Lots has changed. The fun hasn’t. But the technology ...

While this looks like an ordinary Scalextric Lane Changer, it does have a few differences. I replaced the factory fitted PIC 16F with an ATtiny3224 in a SOIC14 package - which is generally pin compati...

Hi Guys,      This project was announced in 2019 but put on hold due to the fact we decided to swap efforts to the newly released Generation II Scorpius car decoder. During the Gen II project we exper...

[attachment=27384] The last time I had newbies over to race, I had a number of cars to repair due to the frequent and hard collisions. So I decided I needed more robust cars for these occasions, and t...