rtr12 posted:Brendan,
That looks very nice. Thanks for adding your project to the thread. Do you by chance have a picture of the top of the track? How does it work? Any problems with the space between cars?
John H,
I really thought those would work better than that from my bench fiddling, but that is not the same as actual use testing as you have done. A timer might be a good addition to those boards. I might be off here, but I think by putting an Arduino between the IR sensors and the relays you might be able to add the timers needed for drop outs. I was wondering about dropouts between cars though. Did the relays work ok connected directly to the IR boards?
I was hoping Stan would be by to provide his wisdom and expertise. I think he will eventually. I'm sure GRJ, JGL and all the other electronically wise could add a lot as well. Oops, I see Stan is here already.
Thanks. Since I built for someone, I don't have it in front of me. I am going to be able to see it Friday and plan to take more pics. I use the arduino for exaclty as you say - a delay to eliminate dropouts. I could have done it with parts, but the arduino can do more if needed.
Brendan
