DCC Terms
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DCC Components
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Auto Reverse, Boosters Send Data and Power to Trains, Command station, Computer Interface, Consists, DCC Ready, Digital packet, How DCC works, Mobile Decoder, Power supply, Speed steps, Stationary Decoder, Throttle, XPressNet
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General
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Address Range, Ammeter, Analog, Bus, Cab, Can Motor, Command Control, Coreless Motor, DCC, DCC in a Box, DMM, Distributed Power, Frog Juicer, Jump Port, LCC, Layout Command Control, Locomotive, MU consisting, Motor, OEM, Power Bus, Programming Track, Pulse Width Modulation, Rail Size, SUSI, Slots, Standard Dimensions, Turnout, Turnout Motors, Voltage Drop, Zero Stretching
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Mobile decoder
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Analog Conversion, Back EMF, Decoder Connection Method, Decoder-Assisted Consisting, Ditch Lights, Dither, Energy Storage, FX Lighting, Functions, High-Frequency Decoders, Kick Start, Lighting, Loco Momentum, Locomotive Interface, NMRA Connector, NMRA DCC Plug, Power Conversion, Programming Lock, Programming Modes, Quartering, Silent Drive, Speed Table, Transponding, USP, XOR
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Non-DCC
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Primary DCC Components
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Short Definition
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A type of Direct Current Motor
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A type of Direct Current motor, which is different in construction than that of the usual can motor. Instead of a large rotating iron armature, it is made from lightweight material with the magnet wire wound around it. They are designed for rapid acceleration.
- These motors should not be used on a DCC system without a decoder installed. They will overheat when operated in zero stretching modes. This is due in part to their low impedance/inductance, which makes them look almost like a short circuit to a high frequency signal such as the DCC waveform. This will allow a lot of current to flow. The excessive current will result in the destruction of the motor, very quickly.
See the Wikipedia Article for more info: Coreless Motor