Fascia Controllers

Front Mount Fascia Controller

The Front Mount Fascia Controller uses a controller board mounted on the back of a bezel. The bezel mounts flat and the controller board fits inside a hole in the panel. The bezel provides a clean appearance, a wide viewing angle for the LEDs, and recesses the button.
Rear view of the Front Mount Fascia Controller showing the controller board mounted on the back of a round bezel. Plenty of glue surface on the bezel. Note the Red and Green LED trace cuts for each LED.

$8.95

Color :
White and Black square bezel versions mounted on 1/4″ hardboard. Mounting goes quickly using the available drill template (below).
White round bezel version. Fast mounting in a single hole.

Front Mount Fascia Controller Features

Designed for simple mounting on the front of your control panel. Comes fully assembled with on-board pushbutton, Green-Red LEDs and drive electronics.

Square – 13/16″ on a side and mounts with #2 screws (included). Drill five 1/16″ pilot holes then enlarge the center hole to 9/16″ to clear the components. Use the available Drill Template (see below) for fast installs.

Round – 3/4″ diameter and mounts with caulk or glue. Drill one 9/16″ hole to clear the components.

Available in Black or White to blend with your control panel.

Configured for Dual Green-Red LEDs out of the box. Change to dual Green-only LEDs with two trace cuts. Change to a single Green-Red LED for crossovers with two trace cuts. See table below.

Includes a 12″ cable for connection to a QuadLN_S I/O port. Add servo extension cables as needed for longer distances. Parallel multiple Fascia Controllers using Y cables.

Requires about 1″ clearance behind front edge of panel for cable and connector.

Drill Template for Front Mount Fascia Controller

$0.50

Drill template made from pcb material for help in locating mounting holes for the square bezel version of the Front Mount Fascia Controller above.

New: Fascia Controller for 3D Panels or other DIY Mounting

Fascia Controller with no Bezel

Fascia Controller version for mounting on 3D printed panels or other DIY application. Similar to the Front Mount version but with no bezel. Omitting the bezel eliminates some assembly labor so we can offer these at a lower price.
This image does a better job capturing the LEDs.

$6.50

An example of a 3D printed panel from my layout using 0.5 mm thick track lines to nicely diffuse the LEDs. (The LEDs tend to saturate the camera and colors are more vivid than captured in this photo.)
Back view of the 3D printed panel showing mounting clips holding the Fascia Controllers in place.

Configuring Fascia Controllers

Easily configure the Fascia Controllers via trace cuts to match the trackwork or to best fit the color-vision abilities of the operators. The trace cuts are on the back of the board: GREEN trace cuts at the bottom left and top right, and RED trace cuts at the bottom right and top left. Here is a table showing three configurations.

CONFIGURATION

Default

Closed

Thrown

Single Color

Closed

Thrown

Single LED

Closed

Thrown

LED A Color

No cuts

GREEN

RED

Cut RED trace

GREEN

Not lit

No cuts

GREEN

RED

LED B Color

No cuts

RED

GREEN

Cut RED trace

Not Lit

GREEN

Cut BOTH traces

Not Lit

Not Lit

Front mount Fascia Controller options.
It’s like Xmas in the lab! Testing the Green-Red balance on a batch of Fascia Controller LEDs.