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DCC-EX Model Train Control, Animation & Automation

Articles & Videos

Articles and Videos¶

The following are articles and videos created by people in and outside the DCC-EX project which you may find useful or interesting.

Videos¶

DCC-EX YouTube Channel¶

Please visit our YouTube Channel at www.youtube.com/c/DCCEX

Jimmy from 'DIY and Digital Railroad'¶

~ Dec 2024 - Is there FINALLY an affordable DCC System with a lot of power?
~ Jan 2024 - EX-8874 - A Big leap forward for DCC-EX and Model Trains
31 Jul 2023 - Cheap and Amazing! DCC-EX 2 Years Later
~ 2021 - DCC-EX: A Cheap DIY DCC System?!?! This is a Model Railroad Game Changer

Little Wicket Railway¶

09 Feb 2025 - The Best Digital Model Railway Controller in 2025? | EX-CSB1
~ Mar 2023 - DCC EX - Amazing Digital Controller for Under £50

Kevin C Smith¶

~ Jan 2023 - Introduction to DCC-EX Command Station v5.0 with TrackManager & EXRAIL with Engine Driver & Magicsee Joystick throttles

Using Engine Driver direct WiFi connection in a unedited TrackManager and EXRAIL video demos.

Chris Percival¶

Model Railroad Automation using DCC EX EX Installer an introduction to using the EX‑Installer and creating automation scripts with it.
Chris has created a series of videos on using DCC-EX for model railroad automation

DriverDTrains¶

09 Feb 2025 - DriverD #8.b – Configure DCC-EX, EX-CSB1 With EX-Installer!
~ Aug 2023 - “#4 Assembling a Mega DCC-EX Command Station” - Driver D (Part 1 Hardware Assembly)

Sumner Patterson¶

09 Feb 2025 - DC and DCC - TrackManager Demo 3

Luca Dentella¶

Toms Trains and Things¶

8 August 2023 - Run DC & DCC From Your Cell Phone With DCC-EX V5.0

Wotton Tor¶

17 December 2023 - Flashing the Makerfabs wifi board (The flashing demo starts about 9 minutes into the video.)

Peter Akers (flash62au)¶

25 Jan 2023 - JMRI Engine Driver - Native DCC-EX Command support

Paul Antoine¶

~ Apr 2023 - “DCC-EX Open Source Model Railroading” - Paul Antoine (Everything Open 2023)