De volgende digitale gereedschappen zijn gebruikt bij het realiseren van mijn modelbaan:
These are the digital tools used to construct my model railroad:
| Tool | Explanation | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Atom | Text editor for Markdown documentation files used on Github | Free |
| Notepad++ | Text editor plain ASCII files | Free |
| Github | Versioning software; command line commit to Github. Install only. No knowledge needed. | Free |
| Github desktop | Commit the work on your local laptop to Github through nice Windows form instead of Git commands | Free |
| Snipping tool Windows | Making screenshots and svae as PNG, GIF or JPG. Today replaced by build-in function in Windows (SHIFT+Windows+S) | Free |
| Paint 3D Windows | Editing screenshots as PNG files | |
| Inkscape | SVG editor | Free |
| BeyondCompare | View and show differences between two text files or code pieces | |
| 3D Train Studio | Design model railroad track plan (Also known as 3D Modelbahn Studio). | Free (150 objects)/€49 |
| SketchUp | Design physical table | Free |
| DR5000 Configuration | Basic software for Digikeijs DR5000 DCC command station configuration & control. Also needed to configure DR4018 and DR4088. | Free |
| RocRail | Model railroad software to control locomotives, signals and switches avoiding collisions etc. etc. independant of DCC command station | Free |
| WinDigipet | Model railroad software to control locomotives, signals and switches avoiding collisions etc. etc. independant of DCC command station | €489 |
| Fritzing | Electronic schema design tool. Can also make a wiring diagram. Support is a problem. | Free |
| KiCAD | Alternative electronic schema design tool. Can not make a wiring diagram. | Free |
| Arduino IDE | Building Arduino programs and upload into Arduino like controllers | Free |
| Picoscope | Mixed Signal Oscilloscope software | Free |
| PulseView | Cheap logic analyzer software with protocol recognition like USB, I2C | Free |
| PuTTY | Terminal emulator | Free |
| Wireshark | Tool to capture Ethernet traffic | Free |
| Ultra Serial Port Monitor | Free sniffer on COM-ports for studying Loconet-USB traffic https://download.cnet.com/Ultra-Serial-Port-Monitor/3000-2094_4-10969502.html | Free |
👍Fine tuning Atom:
- Use ctrl-shift-m to preview
- Go to Settings
- Go to Install
- Look for package 'autocomplete-emojis'
- Install if necessary
- From now emojis are supported with auto-complete (start typing : and one letter) and are visible in edit and preview mode.
- Used on this site: ❌is called 'x' in that package so type ':' followed by 'x' (of course without the apostrophes), 👍 'thumbsup', ✔️ 'heavy_check_mark', ❗ 'heavy_exclamation_mark',
⚠️ 'warning'
👍Using Markdown on Github:
- You can not open a link in a new tab due to the rendering software of Github.
- This rendering engine also limits the use of colors.
- An anchor inside a page can fail when capitals and/or spaces are used. According to this link the anchor must use lower case letters and space in the paragraph name should be replaced by a -. So the paragraph header ** The Header can be reffered to with anchor [ Link to Header ]( # the-header )
👍Fine tuning Notepad++:
- Add the NppExport plugin. With this plugin it is possible to have a selected piece of formatted (colored) code exported to e.g. Word.
👍Fine tuning 3D Studio: Sometimes using standard rail tracks gaps and misalignments appear in your design. Of version 6 there is a simple solution:
- In the example below we want to manipulate the track right on the bottom
- Click the track. A circle and a red and green arrow appear.
- Click on the blue arrow to pointing to the left. A yellow box appears.
- Drag the yellow square box to make the track bigger until it snaps the the other track.
- The gap is gone.
