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Interesting concept. However, it won’t be compatible with ARC Pro - which is the only digital system Scalextric currently produces and what the target audience is likely to be using. The LED needs to be 6-14mm behind the trailing edge of the guide for the two-sensor lap counting protocol to work.

C7042 is still readily available which is still the preferred system by most.
That said the Arc Pro mod had been done by a fair amount of users. And I can offer that service for those who can’t. The advantages of this new chip are too good to ignore.
And we all know the LED 6-14 mm back is poor design for sliding cars in LCs and lap counters. And we’ve all read the praises for the Sure Change LED in guide product. 
Now add in other functionality like accelerometers for the ultimate competitor, wireless telemetry for future apps as well as app connection for car chip configuration and wireless upgrades and it looks very different.


Rick