Welcome Nuts and Volts Readers! :) Feel free to explore this site to learn more about the Trainsaver! If you want to join in on the conversations with other creators/builders of the the Trainsaver, please consider joining our Yahoo Group. And don't forget to check out the "Thereping" article from the April issue of Nuts and Volts. Also, I invite you to visit my "haunted house" website, The Spiders Preyground to read about some other exciting uses for microcontrollers such as The Haunted Cabin, and the Prop-1 Random Servo projects. .--VLG The TrainSaver is a device that reduces wear and tear on model train locomotives used in commercial environments. The TrainSaver maximizes the life of the engine by only running the train on timed intervals, and only when people are present to view the train’s performance.This reduces the cost of ownership of the train system by increasing the life of the engine. The device also adds synchronized sound effects to enhance the train’s visibility to the audience. Thank you for visiting the Trainsaver web site. We've just begun to assemble the page and currently only have a few resources online. This site will act as a repository for information about the Trainsaver project that was detailed in the Nuts and Volts article. The site is being developed right now, but feel from to contact me at vern@txis.com if you have any questions.

06-19-2006 My article was published in the July 2006 issue of Nuts and Volts! 02-06-2006 A video of the trainsaver calibrate mode only and calibrate/run mode. 1-03-2005 Pictures from the Trainsaver installation and construction 11-20-2005 Source Code for Trainsaver 11-14-2005 The Robot Group web site in Austin Texas

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