【1938年8月20日】駆逐艦Z21 ヴィルヘルム・ハイドカンプ(Wilhelm Heidkamp)進水。

#今日は何の日
#今日の進水
#ドイツ海軍
#Kriegsmarine
#駆逐艦
#駆逐艦Z21_ヴィルヘルム・ハイドカンプ
#Z21
#ヴィルヘルム・ハイドカンプ
#Wilhelm_Heidkamp
#1938年8月20日
#8月20日

@acn128 first milestone reached: the #NodeMCU is talking to the #Z21 via #UDP and has just received the Z21 firmware version info (little-endian, lsb first). Quick and dirty code, not very nice ...

#DCC
#Fleischmann
#Z21
#ModelRailroad
#ESP32
#ArduinoIDE

And yes, it's so basic you can actually do it on a C64 using Oliver Schmidt's #ContikiOS for #MOS6502 port - we'll see ...

Okay, I must admit that my recent interest in building and running a #ModelRailrod may seem quite "old fart" to most people. That's okay, since I am an old fart and I don't mind. I just think it's an underrated hobby that has many facettes of handcraft involved. I like that.

Anyway, what would you people say when I tell you that there is official documentation for the #Fleischmann #Z21 #DCC digital train control unit which documents the whole
TCP/IP communication via #UDP?

Now, what else would you say when I tell you that I am very tempted to tinker with #KipperBASIC on the #Commodore64 to try to use this combo to code a simple "makeshift" DCC client?!

Nerdy enough?! 😋​

P.S: KipperBASIC is a loadable extension to BASIC 2.0 on the #Commodore64 that will make use of any cs8900a based ethernet card (RRnet, 64NIC+ etc.) and add TCP/IP based BASIC commands - just in case you didn't know ...

While not doing any hot retro hard-/software stuff ATM, I still read up on about 40 years of development on the #ModelRailroad topic. Boy, things have changed!!

Looks like I'm going to mod at least one of my V200 #Locos from #Analog to #DCC - once I get my hands on a #Fleischmann #Z21 digital controller for a reasonable price.

Yesterday, I fixed an old MaK Loco which had a faulty wire going from the bogey to the motor by replacing it *without* burning the whole model. Oh, the engine runs fine again, I'm so proud ... 😎​

.oO(in fact, I dig the tech side more than the diorama building stuff TBH)

【1938年8月20日】駆逐艦Z21 ヴィルヘルム・ハイドカンプ(Wilhelm Heidkamp)進水。

#今日は何の日
#今日の進水
#ドイツ海軍
#Kriegsmarine
#駆逐艦
#駆逐艦Z21_ヴィルヘルム·ハイドカンプ
#Z21
#ヴィルヘルム·ハイドカンプ
#Wilhelm_Heidkamp
#1938年8月20日
#8月20日