Author: Ted Becker

By Ted Becker

The next session will be held Tuesday, September 14, 2021 at 4:00pm via Zoom. Topic for this week is controlling servos with toggle switches for throwing turnouts.

Subscribe to the group at: https://groups.io/g/MR-Duino. Most communication concerning the sessions will be conducted via that group. Links to the sessions will still be posted here in the GrabIron.

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Topic: Arduino Session
Time: Sep 14, 2021 04:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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By Ted Becker

The Arduino sessions are starting up again. A dozen people have shown interest by subscribing to the IO Group set up for these sessions so I am going forward with them. Subscribe to the group at: https://groups.io/g/MR-Duino. Most communication concerning the sessions will be conducted via that group. Links to the sessions will still be posted here in the GrabIron.

The first session of the new season will be held Tuesday, September 7, 2021 at 4:00pm via Zoom. Topic this session will primarily a discussion of what topics to cover in the future.

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Topic: Arduino Session, Sept. 7, 2021
Time: Sep 7, 2021 04:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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By Ted Becker

The series of Arduino sessions that were a spinoff of the introduction to Arduino clinic I presented earlier this year took a break for the summer.  Your input is needed to determine if the Arduino sessions will resume and if so, what form will they take.  The following questions need to be answered:

1. How many people will participate?  Especially asking questions.
2. What topics to cover?
3. Go back to basics?
4. Get into more advanced topics?
5. A mix of the two?
6. Repeat previous lessons?  Which ones?
7. What day of the week and time of day works best?
8. Other suggestions?

Send your replies to Ted Becker rail.bird@att.net.

FYI, on August 18 at 4:00pm I will be presenting an Introduction to Arduino and how I have been using them on the New Tracks Modeling show.  If you are interested search for New Tracks Modeling and sign up for their emails or, if you email me Wednesday before the show I will email you the Zoom link.

Ted Becker

By Ted Becker

Topic this week is a presentation of a model railroad control network based on Arduino. Simpler and less expensive than commercial LCC products for those who can do some C/C++ coding.

This is the last of this series on using Arduino. Whether or not these sessions resume at some future date remains to be determined. If there is enough interest something can be done. Email Ted Becker with questions, comments and suggestions at rail.bird@att.net .

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Topic: SIMBAAB, Tinkerers alternative to LCC
Time: Jun 14, 2021 04:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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By Ted Becker

Topic this week is using the PCA9685 I2C PWM multiplexer for driving servos or LEDs with your Arduino. Included will be a set of functions that replace the Arduino library that may be simpler to use.

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Topic: PCA9685 PWM driver for servos & LEDs
Time: Jun 7, 2021 04:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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By Ted Becker

This week we are taking a side trip through the realm of printed circuit boards and how you can design your own board and have it made at a very reasonable cost.

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Topic: Arduino Class
Time: May 31, 2021 04:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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By Ted Becker

Topics this week will be design considerations for controlling a turntable and some basic information on driving stepper motors. Tentative topic for Session #10 is designing your own printed circuit boards and how to have them made at a reasonable cost.

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Topic: Arduino Class
Time: May 24, 2021 04:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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By Ted Becker

Mount Vernon Virtual Clinic will be held on Monday, May 17, 2021 at 7:00pm. Meeting opens at 6:30ish.

Topic this month is David Sherwood on improving Bachmann Spectrum HO heavyweight passenger cars. David’s coverage is thorough and many of his ideas are applicable to other cars.

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Topic: Mount Vernon Clinic, May 2021
Time: May 17, 2021 06:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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By Ted Becker

Topic for this week is using EEPROM followed by a run through of useful built-in functions.

Videos of previous sessions are in an unlisted YouTube list. Links to these videos can be found in https://groups.io/g/PNWRRModelers/files or email Ted Becker for the link. rail.bird@att.net.

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Topic: Arduino Class
Time: May 10, 2021 04:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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By Ted Becker

Topic for this week is I2C devices with an introduction to how to use them. I2C devices can open up a world of additional uses using only 2 pins on the Arduino. We will touch on using a LCD display for debugging.

Videos of previous sessions are in an unlisted YouTube list. Links to these videos can be found in https://groups.io/g/PNWRRModelers/files or email Ted Becker for the link. rail.bird@att.net.

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Topic: Arduino Class
Time: May 3, 2021 04:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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