Electronic Speed Control
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Use Micro-Controller Instead of ESC
I was wondering if I could use something like microcontroller instead of an ESC. I tried finding tutorials on Google and YouTube and I couldn't find anything useful. Could you please help me?
P.S.
I ...
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How to choose a PIC for a BLDC Motor Controller?
I just made a BLDC motor controller, but I'd like it to be able to go to higher frequencies (have less dead time, faster firmware, etc). In particular, I'm aiming for 20kHz-to-50kHz range, but am ...
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How to drive dualsky ESC with arduino PWM? (Brushless motor)
I've recently received 4 Brushless motors, 4 brushless ESC's and 2 LiPo batteries. I managed to run the motors with my arduino and the servo library, but I'm not getting optimal results. I was ...
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Test ESC using a Servo Tester
I'm trying to test my 20A Hobbywing skywalker ESC.
For that I bought this servo tester from ebay
I'm a bit confused about the servo tester input. Shouldn't it be just supply power? Then what is ...
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How to use an ESC
I'm new to RC related modules. Today I got my Hobbywing's Skywalker 20A brushless esc.
Manual is here.
I also have a brushless outrunner motor (HL3512)
I ...
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Controlling Multiple ESCs with ATMEGA128 PWM
So i've been working on this Quadcopter for a while, finally got it all built and put together. Trying to write some code to control the ESC (RedBrick HobbyKing 30A with UBEC). I managed to arm an ESC ...
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Controlling small brushless dc motors?
I'm designing an ESC with a small microcontroller running at 3.3V. The BLDC motors I have chosen are extremely small, and run best at 3.7V. I have the power supply for both of these (3.7V is VBATT, ...
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How to choose an Electronic Speed controller?
I'm having a go at making my self a quad-copter and was wondering how one would go about choosing an ESC?. I've chosen this motor and this ESC, Is the ESC suitable for that motor?
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BLDC Regenrative ESC and LiPo
I am currently working on a project where I want to implement a Brushless dc motor (like the Turnigy C2226 - 1800kv) to run in-hub of an RC car. I need this entire project to be as lightweight as ...
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How to convert a TowerPro 18A MAG8 (HH30A_V1.1) Electronic Speed Control (ESC) from PWM to I2C?
A while ago, I purchased four of these ESCs to use them for the control of brushless motors.
Now I need to know how to convert them from PWM to I2C.
I'm not a electrical engineer, so I don't know ...
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Activating Electronic Speed Control with Arduino
For anyone else looking at this, most of our problems seemed to result from not having the pulse range quite right. We eventually hooked our ESCs up to a standard RC controller and used an ...
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Brushless Motor Encoder Read?
I have this a MegaMo SY3056 BLDC Spec.PDF
And beside the cables that are connected to the ESC i have thses encoder cables:
How can i read this encoder? and what values do i get?
Can i know the ...
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Connect Arduino to ESC with BEC (without using its power)
I am using the Arduino Servo library to control two servo's on a RC-car. One of the servo's (for steering) is without ESC (as it should be), so easy to connect and power.
However, the motor that ...
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Stopping a brushless DC motor in a specific position
I have a BLDC motor on an autopiloted model airplane, running with an ordinary PWM-controlled ESC.
I have a feature I'd like to add which the ESC I have doesn't support, so I either want to find one ...
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Implementing my own ESC (electronic speed controller)?
I have a project that uses an ESC to run a brushless motor (Hobbyist RC plane sized, 24 gram, 1300-1500 KV).
I would like to experiment with eliminating the ESC and driving the motor with my own ...
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How is resistance in brushless motor ESC calculated by the manufacturers?
In hobby market (rc planes, cars, robots) one of the parameters manufacturers of the brushless motor ESC specify is resistance. ESC in this case means "electronic speed controller" and is a device ...
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Can you run a BLDC motor backwards without damage?
Can you run a BLDC motor backwards without damage?
Is it OK to drive a model airplane BLDC engine backwards while landing, so it gets a little "reverse thrust" and come to a stop a little quicker on ...
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Controlling/Reading Hard Drive Brushless Motor w/ uC
I am working on creating a Hard Drive DJ similar to the other posting on this website, except that I want to drive the motor when the user isn't scratching on it. Multiple sources recommended using an ...
