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Parts List
Power Supply
Quantity Description Schematic Part Number
1 AC cord with ground wire and plug Power Cord
1 4 amp fuse with fuse holder Main Fuse
1 Neon indicator lamp L1
1 Stancor P - 8663 24 VDC CT transformer T1
1 4 Amp bridge rectifier BR1
1 5,000 mfd Capacitor or multiple 2000 mfd C* (filter capacitor/s)
* Electrolytic type to achieve mfd
1 5 pin DIN connector socket
1 5 pin DIN cable
1 Utility Box (or build on suitable platform, Formica perhaps)
A ready built supply can be used, either 24 VAC or 18 VDC. If you use a 24 VAC supply,
you will need to build the bridge rectifier and capacitor portions of the power supply
circuit to obtain the 18 VDC required by the system.
Booster and Voltage Regulator
DCC Booster (Booster portion)
Quantity Description Schematic Part Number
4 IRLZ34N HexFet Power MOSFET Q2, Q3, Q4, Q5
2 2N3904 General Purpose Transistors Q6, Q7
1 100 V 1 Amp Bridge Rectifier BR1
2 10K Ohm Resistor 1/4 Watt R15, R18
6 300 Ohm Resistor 1/4 Watt R13, R14, R16, R17, R20, R21
1 (Optional - see text) R19
1 5 pin DIN connector socket (or whatever you want for power supply connector)
1 5 pin DIN cable (see above)
Voltage Regulator (for system 12VDC and 5VDC power supplies)
Quantity Description Schematic Part Number
1 LM338 Adjustable Voltage Regulator VR1
1 7805 Voltage regulator VR2
1 100 mfd Electrolytic Capacitor C2*
*(exact value not important, should be about that stated)
1 20 turn 5K potentiometer
(voltage adjustment for LM338)
Command Station
DCC to Centronics Interface Card (Logic portion)
Quantity Description Schematic Part Number
1 74ACT299 Tri-state Shift Register U1
1 74ACT161 4 Bit binary counter U2
1 74ACT14 Hex Schmidt trigger U3
1 74ACT74 Dual D flip-flop rst U4
1 39.2K Ohm 1/4 W 1% Precision Resistor R1
(must be precision as sets frequency)
1 45K Ohm 1/4 W 1% Precision Resistor R2
(must be precision as sets frequency)
1 1K Ohm 1/4 W Resistor R3
8 10K Ohm 1/4 W Resistors R4 - R11 (pull up resistors)
1 38K Ohm Resistor R12
1 2N3904 General Purpose Transistor Q1
1 470 pF capacitor C2
1 2200 pF capacitor C1
4 0.1 uF bypass capacitor C3-C6
(on each 5VDC-Ground on each IC chip)
(not shown on drawings, but necessary)
Joystick Parts
1 Small utility box (for signal wire Joystick breakout connections)
1 15 pin Game Port Cable 6 ft (one for four throttles)
1 15 pin Game port socket (one for four throttles)
1 5 pin DIN cable 6 - 10 ft (one for each throttle)
1 5 pin DIN socket (one each for throttle, up to four for each Game Port)
1 100 K Ohm Potentiometer 1/4 watt Linear (one for each throttle)
1 Push Button normally open (one for each throttle)
1 utility box 1" x 2" x 3" (one for each hand held throttle)
IR TV Remote*
1 IR TV Remote Control ( RCA Universal remote, or other)
1 Wall socket type + - 9-12 VDC RS-232 type power supply 300 ma or so
(to power IR receiver circuit and RS-232 driver chips)
1 RS-232 Cable to suit your computer COM port
(Usually 9 pin D type connector)
1 GP1U62X IR receiver module (formerly Radio Shack 276-1378)
(possible salvage, also see internet)
1 74LS04 Hex Inverter
1 MC1488N RS-232 signal driver
1 Utility box (to house and mount receiver hardware)
* 5 VDC power supply listed under Booster