| DCC Terms
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| DCC Components
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Auto Reverse, Booster, Command station, Computer Interface, Consists, DCC Ready, Digital packet, How DCC works, Multifunction Decoder, Power supply, Speed steps, Stationary Decoder, Throttle, XPressNet
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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, Phase, Power Bus, Programming Track, Pulse Width Modulation, Rail Size, SUSI, Slots, Standard Dimensions, Turnout, Turnout Motors, Voltage Drop, Zero Stretching
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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, Snood, Speed Table, Transponding, USP, XOR
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Primary DCC Components
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Flashing Rear End Device
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FRED or Flashing Rear End Device is a device mounted at the rear of the train, in lieu of a caboose. The dumb FRED is equipped with a battery powered strobe.
Advanced smart FREDs transmit speed and air line pressure via radio to a receiver in the cab. The receiver, SBU (Sense and Brake Unit, Canada) or HOT (Head-of-train, US) is often referred to as WILMA by railroaders.
FREDs can be modelled using SMT LEDs.
Also see FX_Lighting
Want to build your own FRED? See Flashing Rear-End Device For DCC Systems for a schematic, and many other DCC projects.
Other Uses of the Term
Fireman Fred is a series of sound effects available on Tsunami Decoders by Soundtraxx. Sounds such as shovelling coal, injectors, or water being dumped into the tender are available either by a function key or automatically depending on the situation and programming.
