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- Occupancy detector 8, "Diode"
Many incoming orders so deliveries are around one weeks behind.
Important - US shipping!
Due to the unpredictable US administration, US import taxes are still very messy.
From recent shipments it seems to be around 12% + a handling fee.
But - due to opposition to US plans to take Greenland, the US administration is threatening an additional 10% tax from February 1st and 25% from June 1st...
The Swedish Postal service has launched a new small package delivery to US and we are testing it, but to use this service the US import tax must be charged in advance.
For UPS and FedEx shipping services, the shipping company bills the recipient for the import tax + an additional service charge.
Occupancy detector 8, "Diode"
Detector
Cards that senses the presence of a train on the track by the train's current consumption.
The card is connected to the track from one of the 8 outputs marked "A".
Both sides of the track feed should be connected to the input terminal marked "A" and "B".
The card works by detecting a voltage drop over a diode on the card. The voltage drop will be around 0.3 volt.
The card will use current from the track for its own need and will not need any additional current supply.
The card is isolated from the decoder side through opto-couplers.
8 track can be detected by one card.
The outputs on the card is connected to the inputs of the switch decoders or the signal decoders.
The sensitivity is high and around 0.3 mA can be sensed.
Outputs to the decoder is of the type "Open collector".
Example of connection to three tracks (click on the image to make it bigger):
