Thanks again everybody. It's been horses horses horses, geese ducks and sheep for the last 10 days and YouTube tutorials for my bedtime...
Thanks. He is enthused by all at the moment so pretty much going to give him free rein with whatever he wants. It's going to be more a case of...
Yes, I seem to be getting somewhere and will share a video of what looks to be a "heath-robinson" affair as soon as it's done. Although it looks a...
Hi Suzie Yes, I did think about that and asked him. He lives down by the west Somerset railway, and loves the idea of throwing a physical switch...
When I'm not learning "n gauge" railways, I ride my "not quite n gauge horse JAZZ" Hx[ATTACH]
01:04 UK time and just getting my head around npn and PNP transistors and getting the lines of code right. I think it's sorted in my head,...
Thank you everybody for both the kind words and helpful suggestions. I'm wishing I had got into this earlier but I didn't have the need (and the...
Right, dumb blonde here remember! :-) Npn pnp I think are transistors and I know he used one or the other on a water level sensor he made for the...
As it happens I have just found an arduino mega with "loads of holes" so I think that will solve it. The servos will be powered from an external...
Ok gentlemen. Please don't be brutal if I'm in the wrong thread. As you may know, I have taken over the finishing off late husband's layout for my...
Hi Twindad, would hate you to think I was disregarding your advice, I did look at that and still consider it an option, as I do Hoydens...
Well I did some reading of Jim's notes and sat up all night the other night and fiddled with boxes of arduinos, wires, "sketches" and other odd...
As it says in my new member post, I am trying to finish my late husband's layout for my grandson. It's only about 6'x3', has 7 points (manual)....
I will tidy some of my "workings" off it and get some pictures uploaded. That will be my first challenge!
Hi from a very cold and wet Devon UK. Totally new to this except what i have gleaned from watching my late husband building "but not finishing" an...