Modular model train circuit board arrangement
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1. For use with a model railroad, a model train comprising:
- a model railroad car having a platform; and
a modular circuit board arrangement comprising a motherboard, mounted on the platform and having a plurality of receptacles configured and arranged to accept and communicate signals with a plurality of removable circuit modules capable of controlling a plurality of different operations performed by the model train.
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Abstract
A modular circuit board arrangement for use in a model train includes a motherboard mounted on the model train platform. The motherboard has receptacles that accept and communicate signals with a plurality of removable circuit modules for controlling model train operations. These circuit modules may include, for example, a light control circuit module and a sound control circuit module.
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27 Claims
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1. For use with a model railroad, a model train comprising:
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a model railroad car having a platform; and a modular circuit board arrangement comprising a motherboard, mounted on the platform and having a plurality of receptacles configured and arranged to accept and communicate signals with a plurality of removable circuit modules capable of controlling a plurality of different operations performed by the model train. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. For use with a model railroad, a model train comprising:
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a model railroad car having a platform; a motherboard, mounted on the platform, the motherboard comprising a plurality of receptacles configured and arranged to accept and communicate signals with a plurality of removable circuit modules inserted therein; a motor driver arrangement, coupled to the motherboard and configured and arranged to control a motor of the model train; a light control circuit module, inserted in a first receptacle of the motherboard, responsive to a radio signal, and configured and arranged to control at least one light device in the model train in response to the radio signal; and a sound control circuit module, inserted in a second receptacle of the motherboard, configured and arranged to detect operating conditions of the model train and to select sound effects to be generated as a function of the detected operating conditions.
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25. For use in a model train, a modular circuit board arrangement comprising:
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a motherboard mounted on a platform of the model train and having a plurality of receptacles configured and arranged to accept and communicate signals with a plurality of removable circuit modules for controlling operations performed by the model train, one of the plurality of removable circuit modules comprising a light control circuit module, inserted in a first receptacle of the motherboard, responsive to a radio signal, and configured and arranged to control at least one light device in the model train in response to the radio signal, another of the plurality of removable circuit modules comprising a sound control circuit module, inserted in a second receptacle of the motherboard, configured and arranged to detect operating conditions of the model train and to select sound effects to be generated as a function of the detected operating conditions.
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26. For use with a model railroad, a model train comprising:
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a model railroad car having a platform; a modular circuit board arrangement comprising a motherboard, mounted on the platform and having a plurality of receptacles configured and arranged to accept and communicate signals with a plurality of removable circuit modules for controlling operations performed by the model train; and a motor driver arrangement, coupled to the motherboard and configured and arranged to control a motor of the model train.
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27. For use with a model railroad, a model train comprising:
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a model railroad car having a platform; a modular circuit board arrangement comprising a motherboard, mounted on the platform and having a plurality of receptacles configured and arranged to accept and communicate signals with a plurality of removable circuit modules for controlling operations performed by the model train; and wherein one of said plurality of removable circuit modules is a DC motor driver circuit arrangement inserted in one of the plurality of receptacles of the motherboard.
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