Magic Smoke

DCC Terms

DCC Components	Accessory Decoder, Automatic Phase Inversion, Booster, Command Station, Computer Interface, Consists, DCC Ready, Decoder, Digital Packet, How Digital Command Control Works, Multifunction Decoder, Power Supply, Speed Steps, Throttle, Throttle Network

General	Address Partitioning, Analog Control of Model Railroads, Bus, Cab, Can Motor, Command Control, Coreless Motors and DCC, DCC, DCC in a Box, Distributed Power, Frog Juicer, Jump Port, LCC, Layout Command Control, LocoNet, Locomotive, Multiple Unit Consisting, National Model Railroad Association (NMRA), Original Equipment Manufacturer, Phase, Power Bus, Programming Track, Quarter Test, Serial User System Interface - SUSI, Slots, Sound, Standard Dimensions, Starter Set, Turnout Motors, Turnouts, Voltage Drop, Wi-Fi Throttle, XpressNet, Zero Stretching

Mobile decoder	Analog Conversion, Back EMF, Decoder Connection Method, Digitrax Transponding, Ditch Lights, Dither, Driver Quartering, Energy Storage, FX Lighting, Functions, High-Frequency Decoders, Kick Start, Lighting Effects, Momentum, Multifunction Decoder Assisted Consisting, Multifunction Decoder Programming Lock, NMRA Connector, NMRA DCC Plug for Multifunction Decoders, Power Conversion, Pulse Width Modulation, Silent Drive, Snood

Non-DCC	Ammeter, Continuous Load, Digital Multimeter, FRED, Heat Shrink Tubing, Magic Smoke, Motor, RJ12/RJ25 Connector, Rail Size, Rule 17, Series Resistor, Stall Current

Primary DCC Components

Boosters · Command Station · Decoder · Power Supply · Throttles/Cabs

Short Definition

Belief that electronic devices contain 'magic smoke' that escapes when the device is overloaded (ie burned out).

When an electronic device (LED, transistor, computer chip, or DCC decoder) is electrically overloaded you sometimes get a whiff of something burning – and you might actually see a puff of smoke rising from the remains of the device. There is a sentiment in the world of electronics that this is "Magic" smoke. It is sealed into the electronic device at its manufacture, and "letting the magic smoke out" is a way of saying that the device has been electrically destroyed.