Re: advanced electronics (was NMRA convention)
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Kurt Laughlin <fleeta@...>
Those already exist, more or less. The are called RFID tags (which is what AEIs are too) and are available as small (1 x 1 inch, 1 x 3/8 inch, and similar) self-adhesive films less than .020 thick. You could put them on the undersides of loads, inside house cars, and so forth.
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I think many modelers *like* the idea of using car cars though . . . KL
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From: Tim O'Connor To: STMFC@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2007 6:37 PM Subject: [STMFC] Re: advanced electronics (was NMRA convention) I only wish for one hobby advancement -- a very small (about the size of a baby aspirin) programmable "AEI" tag so we could retire all the car cards and buttons and other means that we use to keep track of cars on the layout. Scanners could be hand held and used by the yard operator or crew to scan cars in a train wherever its appropriate on the layout. A PC then could keep track of the cars and generate new destinations for cars when they finish their trips, and print switchlists or waybills as needed/desired. Of course the scanners should be wireless too, just to make it easy. Found a car and don't know where it belongs? Just scan it and the PC will tell you... I figure such devices should cost about $2 or less. Also the devices could encode the owner of the model, so they may offer a small amount of security over other methods, if hidden inside the model... Tim O'Connor
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