23rd-Dec-23, 01:09 PM
So to re-cap:
1/ The above car uses an O201b2 decoder and is controlled using an SCP3 or ARC throttle flashed as O2. All the buttons and switches on the SCP3 function as standard for O2(Slot.it oXigen) including brake adjustment.
2/ No O2 dongle, magnets or Hall sensors are required as a completely different method of lap counting is employed.
3/ In addition to the O201b2 decoder, the car includes the electronics for the Smart IR LED function. This is programmed to strobe on any ID in the range 1-36. The strobe includes signal inversion for lane change as per the SSD method although extended out to all 36 IDs.
4/ The ID strobe merhod is compatible with standard SSD lane changers for IDs 1-14. If higher IDs are required, i.e. more than 14 cars then a simple microcontroller swap-out is required (this requires removal and replacement of a SOIC-14 surface mount conponent so some intermediate level soldering skills are required).
5/ Using the Smart IR LED aproach to lap detection, a range of under-track sensors have been designed which provide ‘signal-conditioned’ inputs to a purpose designed ‘sensor hub’ device which then transfers the detected IDs via USB to a laptop that is running PC Lapcounter RMS. The present version of the ‘sensor hub’ has eight sensor channels. Four sensor channels are for lap detection (i.e. a four lane start/finish line) and there are two pairs of sensor channels for pit entry and pit exit (i.e. two independent pit lanes).
One application option here is to run six standard SSD cars (strobing on IDs 1-6) and then to add in up to twenty additional cars running O201 decoders with Smart IR LEDs. So that’s a SSD/O2 combined system limit of twenty six cars.
Yes, that’s probably more cars than most of the world’s digital 1/32 scale tracks can handle and certainly the power levels required for this number of cars on track presents a challenge. This track power challenge is being addressed using an in-line High Power Module (HPM) as discussed in another thread.
Many thanks for your interest.
c
1/ The above car uses an O201b2 decoder and is controlled using an SCP3 or ARC throttle flashed as O2. All the buttons and switches on the SCP3 function as standard for O2(Slot.it oXigen) including brake adjustment.
2/ No O2 dongle, magnets or Hall sensors are required as a completely different method of lap counting is employed.
3/ In addition to the O201b2 decoder, the car includes the electronics for the Smart IR LED function. This is programmed to strobe on any ID in the range 1-36. The strobe includes signal inversion for lane change as per the SSD method although extended out to all 36 IDs.
4/ The ID strobe merhod is compatible with standard SSD lane changers for IDs 1-14. If higher IDs are required, i.e. more than 14 cars then a simple microcontroller swap-out is required (this requires removal and replacement of a SOIC-14 surface mount conponent so some intermediate level soldering skills are required).
5/ Using the Smart IR LED aproach to lap detection, a range of under-track sensors have been designed which provide ‘signal-conditioned’ inputs to a purpose designed ‘sensor hub’ device which then transfers the detected IDs via USB to a laptop that is running PC Lapcounter RMS. The present version of the ‘sensor hub’ has eight sensor channels. Four sensor channels are for lap detection (i.e. a four lane start/finish line) and there are two pairs of sensor channels for pit entry and pit exit (i.e. two independent pit lanes).
One application option here is to run six standard SSD cars (strobing on IDs 1-6) and then to add in up to twenty additional cars running O201 decoders with Smart IR LEDs. So that’s a SSD/O2 combined system limit of twenty six cars.
Yes, that’s probably more cars than most of the world’s digital 1/32 scale tracks can handle and certainly the power levels required for this number of cars on track presents a challenge. This track power challenge is being addressed using an in-line High Power Module (HPM) as discussed in another thread.
Many thanks for your interest.
c
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