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Electronics
'Smart Regulator' - A new approach to Electric Loco design
'STM3_EMC' Dual Electronic Motor Controller for Brushless Motors
'STM3_EMC' User Manual, Ver 3.1 Code, October 2021
TS2018 Touch Screen Controller - Sept 2022
Electronics and Software used in 'The Brute' Petrol Elec Loco
Avoiding Over-Voltage damage using Regenerative Braking
How to programme STM32 Devices
Getting the most out of domestic solar PV
Fit a Rotary Encoder to your lathe spindle
Numerically Controlled Oscillators - or How to drive motors for CNC
Synchronous Rectifier - maximising efficiency ?
Memories from a previous century !
Mechs+Locos
*NEW* in 2024 - Baby Deltic loco 5914 - A 5" Gauge Petrol Electric
The 'Brushless Brute' - A Dual Gauge Petrol Electric
All about Brushless Motors for Traction / Locos
'Michigan' - Improvements to this Bristol SMEE Petrol Electric
'The Wedge' - A Novel Electric Loco powered by Brushless Motors
Machining a Loco Chimney Base using CNC
Design and build of a pair of 64xx class steam locos in 7
1
/
4
inch gauge, sold on
Publications
October 2024,
Model Engineer Magazine
"Brushless DC Motors"
April 2024, Signalling - A system design for Safety, Flexibility, Simplicity - in TME 'Oily Rag'"
June 2023 A Life in Electronic Design Engineering, in TME 'Oily Rag'
June 2022 Obituary - Julie Anne Harvey Smith, in TME 'Oily Rag'
November 2020 on,
Model Engineer Magazine
"Petrol Engine and Alternator Sets - How to make them work well and why they often don't"
June to October 2019,
Model Engineer Magazine
"The Brushless Brute"
Taunton Model Engineers "Oily Rag", Autumn 2016, "Electric Locomotives - A Look at Motors and Control Methods"
'Engineering in Miniature' (Oct Dec 2015) 'The Design of a Modern Electric Locomotive in 5 inch Gauge' - The loco now known as 'The Wedge'.
In May 2015 MEW 'One Man And His Lathe' series, the 'Chester Challenger'
"CNC from the Absolute Basics" - a series of articles, ''Engineering in Miniature'' magazine, September 2013 to July 2014.
Vids
On the Bench - 6 Brushless Motor Radio Control Loco kit - Sept 2021
Loco Power from Inverter Generator - Apr 2020
Radio Control Loco Demo - Apr 2020
Making Engine / Alternator Sets Work Nicely Pt 1
Making Engine / Alternator Sets Work Nicely Pt 2
Low Cost Loco Test - Bristol - July 2020
Driver training at Taunton club night - Sept 2019
A Good Day at Vivary Park, 21 Jul 2019 - vid by J Harding
Jon explains Loco Control Electronics - Nov 2017 - Part 1
Jon explains Loco Control Electronics - Nov 2017 - Part 2
Good video of "The Wedge" loco with descriptions. Made by Taunton Model Engineers 2017
"The Wedge" chassis test run at Vivary Park 2015
Thompson B1 chassis runs on air ! 2013
Launch of 'Francis the Drake' at Vivary Park, Taunton, 2009
Julie's Slideshow, 2022.
Julie
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