[Jimmy] at the aptly-named DIY and Digital Railroad channel has several videos on integrating railroad setups with Arduino ... and Control — might be new to you if you are a train neophyte.

Not wanting to pay a monthly fee to have it setup, he decided to try interfacing an Arduino with the system in order to ... entitled Bending a Home Security Control Panel to Your Will.

Arduino boards use series of development modules or ‘shields’ to create prototype systems. Shields perform individual or combined hardware tasks and can be connected to Arduino-compatible boards using ...