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  1. Hi Guys, I was sitting down one afternoon enjoying a cold Peroni or 3 when I was thinking how nice it would be to produce quality aftermarket products for multiple brands on the market. Everything you could think off. A basic car chip, a deluxe car chip, lane changer electronics, lap counter, location sensors, a powerbase dongle, for Scorpius, Carrera, Scalextric and SCX digital systems. Then I’m thinking wow that’s like 15 or 20 products to design, manufacture and stock. So I’m thinking that’s 7 years work and a heap of coin. Lots of minimums and one off charges. After another Peroni it occurred to me that what if one decoder could do 15-20 products? It would be a Multi Protocol Decoder as well as a Multi Purpose Decoder. Either way the term MPD seems to have stuck. So what’s needed hardware wise to run this baby? Power: AC/DC/Pulsed DC. A bridge rectifier is fitted to power Scalextric, Scorpius and Carrera digital respectively. After that we need sensors and LEDs for enabling car chip and lane changer for 3 brands. So two LED driver circuits and two photo transistor circuits are added. Next are lights. We need a tail/brake circuit with 2 red LEDS attached. Also another LED driver circuit with LEDs for headlights. These can be optional. Next we need some goodies. How about a hall sensor that will detect motor revolutions. Bingo worlds first digital wireless slot car motor tacho. Optional. Next more goodies. How about an accelerometer and recording program that maps your G forces 100 times a second. Once you know the cars maximum G force before a deslot you could use it at every opportunity with 100 updates per second. All this hopefully will give the ultimate ghost car performance , especially for non magnet cars. Optional. I lifted this from another forum to save time. It outlines how this one chip will develop into 15-20 products one at a time. Hi Guys Just an update. We decided to produce a grass roots Scorpius only chip first, named the Generation II Scorpius car decoder, which was released Nov 2022. This put the MPD project back a year. But here we are ready to proceed. So we already have our hardware design complete, app connect and DFU (a way to update the car’s firmware using a phone or tablet) completed, RF bootloader is completed, all Scorpius protocols have been completed. Essentially what we right now have in terms of the MPD a functioning car decoder (Scorpius protocols) with hardware set up for every possible foreseeable requirement for the modern day slot enthusiast that will last a decade at least. The beauty of this project is “products” can be added with just firmware development required. This can be done in modules at will and as budget allows. So how will this be done and in what order? A rough idea would be: 1. Scorpius deluxe car chip with lights. Seeing the firmware would be easy to implement and the wires and LEDs will be standard let’s start with this. Controlled from the brake button on controller, on/off, low beam, hi beam and flash hi beam will be added. 2. Scorpius Lane Brain. As the MPD has two motor drives not one and two lots of LED drivers complete with wires and LEDS it would be good to get this to market asap. It will include 2 flipper drivers, 2 LED drivers, liven flipper, anti-collision PEARL, and ULTIMA. (The 2 latter are advanced driving systems that I won’t go into here). 3. Carrera and Scalextric Lane Brain. (Lane changer electronics) Seeing the MPD can read pulsed DC signals off track and can also run on DC or AC and it has not one but two seperate photo transistor (sensor) circuits it would make sense to make a deluxe lane changer device for Carrera and Scalextric. Carrera involves reading track packets and cars LED while Scalextric requires reading the cars LED. We have actually built the scalextric lane change protocols back in 2008 for both car and lane changer and we had it working fine at high speeds so it’s a matter of digging out the files and using already tested protocols. Carrera won’t be so easy but still doable. The protocols are public knowledge but there are a few things hardware wise we will need to get right. So what’s in it for both brands? Let’s start with anti collision. Next we can liven the flippers or supply a trigger wire that will run an external relay to liven both entry and exit flippers to correct polarity as the car passes over. Next, we can have PEARL, an acronym for Programmable Electronically Activated Race Line. Here the chip remembers each drivers preference at each lane changer to as wether you wish to change lanes. If you combine this with anti collision you get a product we fall Ultima which will control polarity on entry and exit flippers as well. As the unit is wireless it can report the cars location at each lane changer. From here race software can implement functions such as lap counting, pit lane and pit bay detection, false start detection and more. So you can have 100% track telemetry. 4. Carrera Car Decoder A genuine fully compatible decoder with lights. 5. Scalextric Car Decoder A genuine fully compatible decoder. 6. Tacho. Seeing the MPD has a hall sensor let’s place it on the motor and count the revs. This will be a really cool function for checking motors. 7. Scorpius, Carrera, Scalextric and SCX lap counter. This will include access to Scorpius Race Management program. 8. Dongle for Carrera CU and Scalextric C7042 using Scorpius controller. The decoder includes a resistance circuit. By varying the simulated voltage determined by the throttle position and using I=V/R we can reproduce the Carrera throttle signal. From here you now use your Scorpius controller. This opens up another set of possible advanced functions I call Nitrous. 9.Nitrous for Carrera and Scalextric C7042 A possibility is that you can run a 100% proprietary powerbase and race management method and implement extra functions without affecting the proprietary system. Essentially the system is either Carrera or Scalextric with full Scorpius bolt ons, ie. upgraded car decoders and controller with the addition of a Scorpius dongle per port. How it works: The system operates in the normal fashion except the Scorpius controller not only talks to the proprietary powerbase via the Scorpius resistance dongle it talks directly to car. This is gives 255 throttle steps instead of Carreras 12 and Scalextrics 64. It also gives 255 braking steps to Carreras 10 steps and Scalextric 0 steps. Lights will now be available to Scalextric users controlled from the controller direct. 10. Accelerometer. Accelerometer based functions like ghost cars. front/rear/left side/right side collision detection and telemetry can be implemented. Collision detection can be used for dishing out penalties and simulated damage function in the race software. Rick
  2. Bought this on a whim with a few classic Carrera muscle cars. Didn’t have any donor chassis, so modified the snot out of it, to get rid of the front stub axles and push the guide forward about 1cm. Overall the chassis sits 2mm lower at front, 1mm lower at back. The body has been dropped 2mm into the chassis. Throwing out the Carrera innards, chopping the window unit and grinding the body and interior, took 8gms out, down from 83gm to 75gms, then 7gms lead added in total, back to 82gms, with an SRP 16k s-can motor. Overall it is fairly well balanced, runs similar to my Ninco XK120 Jag convertible, which weighs 81gms. It is for our Pre ‘65 Sports class at club. . ‘merican flavoured. A ‘63 Corvette Stingray C2. The Carrera body/chassis and narrow track means it won’t be as fast as some of the class cars, but it is doing close to my Ninco Jag on my track though less forgiving. And it looks cool …. Original wheels turned down for inserts
  3. Hello Folks I'm planning to set up a small Carrera oval as a test track and would like to be able to connect the standard 'terminal track' straight track to a variable power supply, and to also be able to use my Professor Motor and DS hand-controllers. I'd prefer to leave the existing Carrera power supply and controllers leads intact, so I'm wondering if anyone might have any spare leads from a power supply and controllers that may have passed their use-by date? Alternatively, does anyone know what commercially available connectors that I could use to make my own 'patch leads'? Den
  4. Good day Can anyone advise if there is a blade conversion kit to fit to a Scalextric Car to make it work better with a Carrera track?
  5. Hi Everyone Recently I bought a Carrera Mille Miglia 2 slot car set primarily to get the 'set cars' and some other cars that were included in the box. As I am already over-supplied with Ninco track sections I don't have a need for the Carrera track and the accessories that come with it and would like to sell it off. It is in great condition with no rust or tarnishing, I have tested the connector track and both (red) controllers work. You can Google 'Carrera Mille Miglia 2' to get a diagram of the track sections that are included, but the specialty components are a 2-piece humpback bridge with the curvature moulded in, a 6-section 180-degree banked corner and the connector track and controllers. Ideally I would like to sell it as a job-lot for around $120 but am open to offers for individual components. Please keep in mind that I am in Tassie so freight would be a consideration for mainland buyers. Please PM me for any other info required. Big Den
  6. After wanting a "proper" slot car set ever since I was a child, I ended up lashing out and buying a Carrera Evolution set a couple of years ago for the kids and I to muck around with. This went well for a while until a controller died and I soon forgot about the small setup in the shed. While away for work, I came across a shop selling the Carrera Cars 3 set. I thought it would make an excellent addition to the original track, as well as gaining some kid proof cars and that elusive extra controller required. The kids were ecstatic to say the least. Unfortunately we didn't have time to set it up that day and the kids had to wait a bit longer. Well, the next day I stumbled across a local shop that sells models & footy memorabilia. As it turns out, they also sell Carrera stuff. Needless to say, I didn't go home empty handed. I splurged on the new GT Triple Power set. Well that went really well on the floor in the living room for a week until the wife decided enough was enough and we had to pack it away. Well, I'm not one to just pack my toys away and not use them so a trip to Bunnings and some quality shed time was in order. Two days later I had this nice table knocked up. Now we have somewhere permanent and large enough to set up something really nice. Just ignore the mess. Between work, kids sport and RC racing, there isnt much time to clean out the shed. Besides, that's a job for warmer weather. I just cant wait to get this little beauty on the track.
  7. It might have taken more than a year since it was first announced, but the new version of the slot.it chip, called version C, is here. The main feature of this new chip is that it is fully compatible with oXigen, SSD and Carrera. On SSD and Carrera it will run as a native chip. As a bonus, the chip is much smaller than any other oXigen chip (closer in footprint to a SP15 chip). For the time being, switching between system will require to flash a dedicated firmware into the chip. To perform this operation you can use your smartphone: it will connect via BT with the chip. Given that I have both SSD and Carrera Digital, I will perform some testing in the coming weeks to see how easy it is to switch from one system to the other. g
  8. Hello, I have a problem with my Carrera Digital 132 track, specifically the pace car function. No issues programming the car and when I press the pace car button again the pace car starts taking every lane change as it should including the pit lane entry. Problem is it doesn't stop but rather drives straight out and keeps on going. I do have AKS set up on both the pit entry and exit and suspect it may have something to do with the issue. Fuelling and lap counting functions of the pit lane operate fine. Any help would be appreciated.
  9. Red Racer is back with some club racing to suit all forms of Slot car fans. Watch this and simular space's for current and upcoming race event's. Friday Night Racing Sideways Dallara and Riley Championship The first installment of Double R Club Racing will commence Friday the 10th of August. Sideways are produced by Racer in conjunction with Slot.It drivetrains. The combination results in highly detailed replica's with performance to match their looks. They have 12 different liveries and have small design changes which made the car's appear the same but perform differently. We have closed the gap on performance by using Slot.it race magnets throughout the 12 cars which has given them the same amount of magnet down force. The cars will be raced in stock form other than the magnet exception for some close racing. Tyres as alway's will be a must to get adiquiet grip and ride height. CARS Sideways Riley and Dallara SW01 to SW12 REGULATIONS 1 Control Race Magnet Rear Tyre optional between Slot.It and MJK Magnet pull on tester must not exceed 400grams No other modifications to car are allowed Must retain factory parts and interior Double R and Red Racer presents Slot.It Race Series In the lead up to the Qld slot championships we will be running a 6 round club series with the choice of dropping your worst round. It will be run fortnightly starting Wednesday the 25/7/2012 -7pm sharp, aim for 6:30pm There will be two classes run in two separate series. You may enter in them both. 1st class GROUP 1 (stock)Rules *One Magnet, genuine standard only *Must have at least 1.5mm ground clearance at magnet to blank set up board *Replacement genuine slot it tyres maybe used *Gluing in motor, magnet and genuine parts back on is allowed *loosening of screws is allowed *White kits must be painted *no other modifications allowed *Wheels must stay within the guards. 2nd Class MOD Rules *Only Genuine replacement slot it parts allowed *One magnet only Race Magnet can be used *Must have at least .8mm ground clearance at magnet to blank set up board *Standard motor only *Gluing is allowed *No cutting or drilling allowed *Must have interior can be Lexan *White kits must be painted *Wheels must stay within the guards Slot.It performance parts are allowed and include Hollow axles, Mag Wheels, Race Guides, Gear ratio changes etc.
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