Command Stations And Boosters

This is a collection of LCC/DCC Command Stations and Boosters. The Command Stations are Beagle Board based, leveraging the PRUs in the TI AM335x
processors to generate the DCC signals accuratly without worrying about Linux kernel premption or needing a real-time kernel module. The compainion booster is ESP32 based.

1. BBBCommandStation

   Early BeagleBone Black LCC/DCC Command Station board set -- two boards, a cape and a power board. Does not include RailComm support.

2. BBBCommandStationOpenMRN

   This is the program for the Beagle Board LCC/DCC/Railcom command station. It uses OpenMRN to interface with tha LCC/OpenLCB network to implement a LCC/OpenLCB aware command station node that can operate DCC/Railcom locomotives. It should work with any of the Beagle Board addon boards I have designed. It uses the AM335X's PRUs to generate the DCC signals. It uses the OpenMRN Console class to communicate over a Tcp/Ip channel with a Tcl/Tk coded GUI program to provide a user friendly point-and-click high level user interface.

3. ESP32-C3-Booster

   ESP32 C3 based DCC Booster. This booster should work with any LCC command station that puts the DCC Signal out on pins 4 and 5 ("Alt") of the LCC network bus.

4. ESP32-C3-BoosterOpenMRNIDF

5. OpenMRNIDF

   This is an exported version of the OpenMRN library for the ESP32 which is usable as an ESP-IDF component.

6. PBCommandStation

   Original through hole version of the Pocket Beagle LCC/DCC Command Station. This design is depreciated -- see PocketBeagleCommandStation and PocketBeagleCommandStation_SMD for a current design.

7. PocketBeagleCommandStation

   Through hole version of the PocketBeagle LCC/DCC Command Station. This is a DCC command station that is a LCC node. It implements the OpenLCB train protocol node over LCC and converts that to DCC commands. It includes a booster and puts the DCC signal on the LCC bus (pins 4 and 5). It implements a programming track and implements Railcom. The Command Station uses a PocketBeagle as the processing element and uses the PRUs (Programmable Realtime Units) to generate the DCC signal. (See PocketBeagleCommandStation_SMD for a SMD version.)

8. PocketBeagleCommandStation_SMD

   SMD version of the PocketBeagle LCC/DCC Command Station. This is a DCC command station that is a LCC node. It implements the OpenLCB train protocol node over LCC and converts that to DCC commands. It includes a booster and puts the DCC signal on the LCC bus (pins 4 and 5). It implements a programming track and implements Railcom. The Command Station uses a PocketBeagle as the processing element and uses the PRUs (Programmable Realtime Units) to generate the DCC signal. (See PocketBeagleCommandStation for a through hole version.)