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> From: Alex Shepherd
> ....
> Would something like the RailStars RS-IO board interest you?
> 
> http://www.openlcb.org/trunk/prototypes/hardware/r-io/index.html
> 
> It's a OpenLCB development/evaluation board that has a CAN interface and
> is being developed as part of the OpenLCB project.

Hi Alex,

Sorry for the delay, I had to upgrade my copy of Eagle from V5 -> V6 before
I could open the board ...

It looks interesting.  What is the actual/expected cost of these boards?

Some thoughts as it pertains to my application:

1) My track inputs (8) are all analog with a filtering and, since this is an
outdoor application, surge suppressor (i.e.: lightning protection ...
induced surge, not direct strike).  Likewise I have surge protection on the
incoming power.

2) You have 16 I/O lines, my board incorporates a TLC59116 (16-CHANNEL Fm+
I2C-BUS CONSTANT-CURRENT LED SINK DRIVER) to drive five 3-lamp LED signal
heads.
 
Cheers,

Chuck Hackett
"Good judgment comes from experience, experience comes from bad judgment"
7.5" gauge Union Pacific Northern (4-8-4) 844
http://www.whitetrout.net/Chuck