THEMA: Which is MOST CHEAPEST DCC TURNOUT DECODER?

Hello Vadim,

if you have some experience in electronics and if you are able to solder a decoder kit, self-assembly would be a possibility to safe money.

http://www.ldt-infocenter.com/

The price is around  €5,50 per turnout. Anyhow, if you want to safe much space, this might not be an option. Unfortunately I dont know any decoders with 32 or more channels.

Thomas

Thanks, Tomas.

I know Tower 64, but it works only via LocoNet.

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Vadim

Hi Vadim,

i do not know about Decoders with 64 channels. But do you know this one:
http://www.digital-bahn.de/bau_s88n/weich88-n.htm
?
4 turnouts incl. S-88N feedback, aprox maybe 4-5€ per turnout, but you have to built it by your self. You can order the board and the PIC at Digitalbahn.de. All other things you have to order at a electronics store. (It is possible to install this decoder on a "Install - Track" in line)

or

http://www.digital-bahn.de/bau_weiche/wz_weiche.htm (~3-4€ per Turnout?)

for 2 turnouts excl. feedback.

Regards...Pierre

PS: I do not know about ordering and shipping  possibilities to russia...

Thanks to all!

As i see, All decoders and decoder kits has approximately  the same value of $ per Turnout. ($6-$8)

Only fully home made decoders can significantly store money, but it requires a lot of free time to develop,  solder & debug it.

I work alone at my layout,and haven't so much free time. A lot of time i spent for making modular layout construction and track laying.  Therefore i cannot spend another lot of time to make all my decoders.

Yes, i already  made some decoders and have some experience . For example i made -32 channel  s88 current detector with 150dB difference between channels  20KOm sensitivity and voltage fallout - 0.4V.

You can see it at opened state,  there at Photos:

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/4013/vadimav.0/0_35e5b_df4f51ec_L
http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/4008/vadimav.0/0_35e5c_3160c688_L

It works well, but i solder & debug it about ONE MONTH!  


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Thanks,
Vadim