QUOTE (dwb @ 19 Apr 2007, 21:55)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}>>Zimo have announced a special decoder for the Sinus motor (MX64D).
That's seems like pretty hot news John; I've just had a check on the Zimo website and didn't turn up any mention of the MX64D.
Do you know if the MX64D is going to be Motorola only or will it do NMRA DCC as well? If the latter does anyone think that swapping the decoder in a Maerklin SoftDrive lok would allow it to run on NMRA DCC?? Now that would be something!
David
It's listed in the Projects page (in German) on the website and was announced in the
April Newsletter from Zimo. Here is an extract from the Newsletter with the specs for the MX64D :-
The 21-pin interface is used more and more in Locos from Märklin, Trix, Liliput, Brawa, and others. Therefore ZIMO offers a new decoder type with an internal 21-pin connector: the MX64D. Up to now ZIMO provided MX63T and MX64T, decoders with external connectors (on wires).
Technical specification:
Dimensions 20,5 x 15,5 x 4,5 mm (according to NMRA draft RP 9.1.1)
Max current total 1,2 A
Motor current 1,2 A
Functions current total 0,8 A
For all DC motors, Faulhaber, Maxxon, … and C-Sinus (Märklin, Trix)
6 function outputs, 2 servo outputs, SUSI, RailCom, software update with MXDECUP, all features like any ZIMO Decoder.
MX64D is also used for Locos with C-Sinus motor (Märklin, Trix); for this the decoder motor output can be changed by a CV Bit to control the C-Sinus control board, which is used in these locos (of the type built in 2007).