Silent Drive

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

A method of driving the motor in a vehicle

See High-Frequency Decoders.

A method of driving the motor with an ultrasonic signal. The user should not hear a high frequency whine that would result from driving the motor at a lower frequency within the audio range.

Some motors will make a lot of noise when driven by a signal other than DC, and this is a method to eliminate this problem.

Silent Drive is a term used by some manufacturers to describe their high frequency drive system.