Projects
Projects
The layout itself and the software and hardware that control it.
- OO gauge · test layoutactive
Westgate Hollow Yard
A small, fictional OO gauge goods yard, built as a test layout to prove the control system and practise scenic techniques before a full-room layout.
- Node · TypeScript · Reactactive
Layout Orchestration
The backend and operator UI at the centre of the system. It owns the MQTT contract every other part speaks.
- RP2350 · C++active
PicoDCC
A DCC command station on an RP2350, speaking the DCC-EX protocol over UART.
- RP2040 / RP2350 · MicroPythonactive
Layout Feedback
Sensor and IO nodes that report what the layout is doing over MQTT.
- PCB · KiCad 10active
Block Detector
A home-designed two-channel DCC block detector with an active-high output, so a broken wire under the layout reads as occupied rather than clear.
- ESP32-S3 · WiThrottleactive
ESP Layout Controller
A handheld touchscreen throttle that talks WiThrottle to JMRI.