Hello everyone,
First off, I'd just like to say that I really respect this hobby and all the detail and commitment everyone puts into it.
I'm creating a non-railroad project, using railroad parts. I apologize if this isn't the right forum, but I'm thinking the expertise I seek is here.
Basically I have a long curved HO track and I want a wireless, battery operated "engine" to simply go back and forth along the curve. I'm just really overwhelmed with the terminology and all the options that are talked about (LocoFi, EZ, Blue, etc). I do have some experience with arduino/pi tinkering, so even just a preprogrammed "go for 4 seconds, stop, reverse for 4 seconds" would be great. Where I'm lost is which engine to use, and where to find the information to begin (no current in the track). Perhaps I don't even need a standard engine, but I just love how smooth everything glides on the rails and would like to utilize that.
If this is way too far out of the way for this forum, my apologies, just let me know!
Cheers!
-Stefano
First off, I'd just like to say that I really respect this hobby and all the detail and commitment everyone puts into it.
I'm creating a non-railroad project, using railroad parts. I apologize if this isn't the right forum, but I'm thinking the expertise I seek is here.
Basically I have a long curved HO track and I want a wireless, battery operated "engine" to simply go back and forth along the curve. I'm just really overwhelmed with the terminology and all the options that are talked about (LocoFi, EZ, Blue, etc). I do have some experience with arduino/pi tinkering, so even just a preprogrammed "go for 4 seconds, stop, reverse for 4 seconds" would be great. Where I'm lost is which engine to use, and where to find the information to begin (no current in the track). Perhaps I don't even need a standard engine, but I just love how smooth everything glides on the rails and would like to utilize that.
If this is way too far out of the way for this forum, my apologies, just let me know!
Cheers!
-Stefano