Although I don't have a DCC layout I've been reading the various DCC threads with some interest and as it happens the layout I've got involved in at the club will be DCC (shock, horror!) so I do need to gen up on the subject.
One question arising from the current thread has sprung to mind. There's been some debate as to which decoder is best for which engine. I'd assumed that in essence it was simply a matter of deciding how many functions you needed, whether you wanted lots of addresses or just a few and then finding just which of the available options would fit.
Having now followed the various threads I find that some apparently similar decoders are better than others in particular engines and vice versa, got to say this has caused a certain amount of head scratching.
Is there any sort of guide as to what decoder works best where? What I don't have is enough cash to splash out on half a dozen different chip types and experiment.