This is new to me. I don’t know where to find the news of the week on this site anymore.
Next-18 decoders have been around for quite some time. ESU has been using them for years.
Mark.
For years? I only saw the name in the last couple days and was wondering what it meant and what engines they would pnp in so I googled it:
"Next18 Interface- NEM 662 / RCN-118
- NMRA S–9.1.1.5
MOROP created the Next18 standard for extremely tight applications, such as TT and N scale locomotives. The NMRA has not embraced the Next18 interface, though some manufacturers have. In addition to specifying the electrical interface and connectors, the NEM 662 standard also mandates the maximum physical size of decoders. A fully compliant Next18 decoder is no larger than 15mm x 9.5mm - one would fit on a dime; a Next18S decoder is no larger than 25mm x 10.5mm.
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I don’t know about the Lok 4/Select decoders but I do know that ESU has had Next18 as an option with their Lok 5 decoder for the past year. It’s also mentioned in the Lok 5 manual. I don’t know much more than that about them, however…
Tom
Larry mentioned there would be a Decoder Buddy for the Next 18
It is the method ESU has been using to attach the Micro decoder to the motherboard for HO or to the interface plug for smaller scaled. Been around at least for five or six years that I can recall. Maybe longer?
ESU Micro Next-18 by Edmund, on Flickr
Good Luck, Ed