Arduino Model Train Microcontroller

A more functional train microcontroller. Consists of an open-source Arduino microcontroller (http://arduino.cc/) with Lada Ada's motor shield kit (http://www.ladyada.net/make/mshield/). Power is coming from a 12V wall transformer which powers both the Arduino (at 5V), and the shield(at 12V). The shield provides pulse-width modulated DC to the rails. The microcontroller is programmed to control direction, maximum speed, and rate of change. I am using a momentary toggle switch with center off to increase or decrease speed. The computer is reading the current settings from the controller over a USB connection. Hitting the reset button automatically stops the train.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• arduino
• avr
• lady
• ada
• timor
• model
• train

[uberstupidmove]

Are the trains that you're using equipped with stepper motors, or does PWM also work on DC motors? I've never tried to work with a DC motor in this case

[numex106]

awesome