26th-Apr-25, 10:46 PM
Refinement, refinement, refinement.
So the team reach the final design. The OLED is not required as we can use the Scorpius controller to set ID as per normal. Nor is the set button required. This saves 2 cutouts plus labour and parts.
The RJ12 will come plugged so it is quick to install by the assembler, with only one cut out required for the cable. A Dremel comes to mind.
No power is required either since the dongle will be powered from the CU as per the OEM dongle. This saves a cable pair, a socket, soldering and labour.
So all good news.
The other good thing about this Nitrous Dongle project is the dongle is basically the Scorpius car decoder, with Telemetry swapped for info out via the data port with Carrera native throttle messages direct into the RJ12 port of the Carrera CU. All the coding for receiving Scorpius Controller data is complete.
Theres only 10 throttle levels and one brake command to code to send from the dongle to the CU and this project will be completed. In theory this is a simple task and probably just a days work, but is critical path to the Nitrous concept. Time will tell of course. And again the Multi Protocol Decoder steps up to its name being easily converted to a Scorpius to Carrera dongle fairly quickly.
But all in good time. Team Scorpius still have bigger fish to fry.
So the team reach the final design. The OLED is not required as we can use the Scorpius controller to set ID as per normal. Nor is the set button required. This saves 2 cutouts plus labour and parts.
The RJ12 will come plugged so it is quick to install by the assembler, with only one cut out required for the cable. A Dremel comes to mind.
No power is required either since the dongle will be powered from the CU as per the OEM dongle. This saves a cable pair, a socket, soldering and labour.
So all good news.
The other good thing about this Nitrous Dongle project is the dongle is basically the Scorpius car decoder, with Telemetry swapped for info out via the data port with Carrera native throttle messages direct into the RJ12 port of the Carrera CU. All the coding for receiving Scorpius Controller data is complete.
Theres only 10 throttle levels and one brake command to code to send from the dongle to the CU and this project will be completed. In theory this is a simple task and probably just a days work, but is critical path to the Nitrous concept. Time will tell of course. And again the Multi Protocol Decoder steps up to its name being easily converted to a Scorpius to Carrera dongle fairly quickly.
But all in good time. Team Scorpius still have bigger fish to fry.
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