DCC-EX and EXRAIL automation
A disaster with my Digitrax Zephyr Express meant I had to ship it to the factory in December for repairs with no firm return date. 😬 What should I do? Build a DCC-EX Command Station ? I had the parts 1 . This had been my intent all along. But at the time, I lacked confidence, punted, and bought the Digitrax. An opportunity to correct a mistake? The command station is built around an ESP32 WROOM Arduino UNO compatible board with built-in WiFi I followed DCC-EX's instructions . They're thorough. And include workarounds to the bugs on the Espduino board. Everything came together as intended. Then I uploaded the software using EX-Installer. 2 Easy-peasy. The motor driver shield with 2x 1-1.5 A channels to drive main and programming tracks. Workarounds are visible from pins bent out from the side and jumper wires in the headers. The combination of the 2 boards is smaller than my mouse. The cables are the power and track connections. Once the command station was assem...