Some minor changes in 1.2.9.1... But Version 1.3 is coming soon - will include the missing programming code...
We haven't forgotten about you, just working on other things that we had to get finished. Ever since I saw the version on the Italian forum, I had plans for a version of this and love the screen and ability to control turnouts. It would be nice to have a few throttles that include all of the features EX has and have been implemented in Engine Driver. There is no reason we can't add the same features to this throttle. I had also thought about haptic feedback. Some people don't like using a touchscreen, they want a knob or a slider. With a little camera motor in there, we could feel however many stops or "detents" we choose for the speed steps.
Hi, I had found a rather serious omission in the released version, but have had a bunch of personal issues to deal with of late. The net result of fixing the "omission (also spellt "b-u-g") was that I overshot the available memory of the UNO. The (so far) unreleased version 1.3 has the omission added and a change to the "config.h" file while makes Programming and Accessories mutually exclusive. I also got a bit distracted with some other projects - one was a customized version of the 3.2in Nextion HMI for someone who wanted a different colour scheme, In addition, I've been playing a bit with ESP32 devices with a directly connected TFT display to get away from the Nextion "overhead". So far, simply in the potential pipe-line. It does seem what you suggest, and that is guys prefer the Rotary Encoder to the touch control. One of the ESP32 devices has a built in buzzer which I'm intending to play with so there are still many avenues to explore. Bear in mind that the Initial version 1.x of the Controller had the objective to support both DCC++ and DCC-EX, Version 2.0 will be DCC-EX exclusively and will then hopefully have some of the native DCC-EX features supported;. All-in-all, the project is still very much "alive" from my point of view and there are a couple of guys using it regularly
For those interested, Version 1.3.0 of the Nextion based "DCC++EX Controller" has been uploaded to github - https://github.com/normhal/DCCppEX-Nextion-Controller This is the most "Complete" version to date with the Programming Page now fully functional and some additional configuration options added. Further development is continuing with the intention to only support DCC-EX and possibly migrate to the Raspberry Pi Pico and Pico W as the processor of choice - price, size, and feature list being the driving motivation. Any suggestions for additional features are always welcome Norm
