Now that I have a garden of my own, I'm dusting off the old garden trains and track that have been in storage for years.
The old system had two locos and a second-generation LGB MTS system with two controllers and wireless, purchased some time between 2002 and 2004 (my memory is a little foggy on the exact year). One of the locos was an LGB with a built-in decoder, the other has a more standard LGB decoder.
Is it worth it to keep my old MTS system, or should I just spend the $$$$ to buy a whole new system?
I've also seen the arduino-based DCC++ system, and I think I have the Arduino and H-bridge in my parts bin that I could probably put one together pretty easily. (I have a Computer Engineering degree and build robots and electric cars for a living, so programming and electronics don't scare me)
The old system had two locos and a second-generation LGB MTS system with two controllers and wireless, purchased some time between 2002 and 2004 (my memory is a little foggy on the exact year). One of the locos was an LGB with a built-in decoder, the other has a more standard LGB decoder.
Is it worth it to keep my old MTS system, or should I just spend the $$$$ to buy a whole new system?
I've also seen the arduino-based DCC++ system, and I think I have the Arduino and H-bridge in my parts bin that I could probably put one together pretty easily. (I have a Computer Engineering degree and build robots and electric cars for a living, so programming and electronics don't scare me)