Shot this with a Panasonic HC-X1500 and added some slight color grading

Ok, thank you

I can’t agree with you more.

Couple of things I would look for first: - Double check that you have solid connections going to the correct pins on the Arduino - are you testing on a solderless breadboard? - Does the LCD display show anything at all? If so try adjusting the contrast using the potentiometer and see if you can read it better. - Are you able to compile/upload the whole sketch to the Arduino?

@@LIRRTV yes I am using a bread board to test first! :) The screen illuminates however turning the pot up and down there is no difference in illumination. The code did say that it completed the upload with no errors

Interesting, well it's a good sign that it at least compiles and uploads with no errors. Likely just a hardware issue. I've found that sometimes I needed to hit the reset button on the Mega after I gave it power, maybe give that a try. It's the button right next to the USB port. Are you using an LCD with 16 pins like the tutorial or the other simplified type with less pins?

@LIRRTV I actually have both styles of LCD but just to get it working I am using the 16 pin like in the video. Using another arduino I have verified the lcd works with the hello world code

Hm, odd. LCD should be using pins 22, 6, 5, 25, 4, and 26 going back to the Mega. When the screen is illuminated, is it displaying white boxes instead of text or nothing at all? On my previous build attempts if I had something anywhere that was wired incorrectly it would mess with the LCD and the rest of the project, it would be worthwhile to double check all of your connections instead of just what's going to the LCD. If you have it connected to the speaker already, can you hear any buzzing coming from it? If it still isn't working shoot me an email at [email protected] with some pics of your wiring and I can help you out some more.

Thanks, it's one of the few perks of being nocturnal lol

Thanks for watching

Lite engines, whether it’s a D30 or an E15, are all restricted to 25.

This code was written specifically for an Arduino Mega 2560, as far as I'm aware it will not work with an ESP32. I've tried to compile to an ESP32 before and the libraries seemed to be incompatible. The dropdown in the section where I explain my code just shows the ESP32 Dev Module because it was the most recent thing I had compiled to on that pc, not what I used for this specific project. In terms of the SD card, I'm just using a SanDisk 4GB Micro SDHC. I believe it's actually the one that came with my Nintendo Switch before I replaced it for a larger one lol

Probably the fastest that things gone in years lol

That specific lcd was the only one I had laying around at the time, I realized it was more complicated but didn’t really feel like finding another one lol. Would’ve been the same results either way, I suppose I just gave myself more work instead of spending like 6 bucks on another one. You might be the first person to try the build besides myself - let me know if you go for it! I’m curious to see if I made a good enough tutorial for others to understand. If you have any questions feel free to ask here and I can help you out with whatever you need. Or if you see room for improvement I’m always open to suggestions. Good luck!

For sure, thanks for watching!

Good eye, I noticed the lack of markers too. After looking again it seems the 4 car set was 5019 + 3 cars, which was the original equipment with 409 on train 627 that failed. I’m assuming 404/161 was the original equipment to be taken back, but was sandwiched between the 409/5019 set…weird

@@LIRRTV I think you are correct and there was probably an issue on 5019 preventing it from operating as lead car which was why (no pun intended) they wyed 409.

Just checked it out - great stuff, I appreciate the offer. This week I'll be rewiring the board I made, if I'm up to the task I'll think about adding those audio files too

@@LIRRTV nice!