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10 months ago I design my own PCBs. I do not yet have my own library. I started building one, but it is slow progress. I currently use the the one of phillip gahtow. But is not classified as open source or ment for commercial purposes.
I do made a lot of great projects. I made a listening device which allow a normal MM to set an entire street of points. I can use Xnet to automatically shuttle a train. That sort of stuff.
You can find geber files for a bare mininum Xnet PCB. Cost around 7 bucks to order 5 of em at JLCPCB
About the issues. You can let arduino support 9 bit mode. Somebody (nick gammon irrc) once made an alteration that the Rx and Tx buffer became 16 bit.
I am currently more in the market for loconet.
Hi,
I'm investigating uses for Xpressnet outside of commercial hardware from Lenz. Are you still working on implementing Xpressnet - RS485 on Arduino with the issue related to 8-bit vs. 9-bit data packets?
I believe the Roco Z21 and TCS CS-105 both support Xpressnet but I think they run at +/- 12v not down at 5v like I've seen a lot of people implementing RS485 in the Arduino world.
I'd like to hear about your experiences and which hats/shields you have tried for RS-485.
Maybe your work on Xpressnet is in a private repository. Are you interested in sharing your work with me?
Thanks!
wlcs15 at gmail