Hey,
I like to have a feature which allows me to forgot that I have battery connected to VESC6 the the VESC go into standby state and only use very little power.
I lost two LiPo Battery because I forgot to disconnect them after doing some quick test. Very annoying to recycle good battery. I remove battery like 1-2 weeks later, and it was already too late.
Proposal: after 1h without any action go to standby, maybe this can be configure in software, how fast this should happend.
There is currently no such thing hardware wise. We bang on something....
The hardware design I've been working on has such feature. The controller can be configured to turn off power after a predefined period of time if not used (motor has been still).
The new MK3 design has this as well.
NextGen FOC High voltage 144v/34s, 30kw (https://vesc-project.com/node/1477)
Hi, I just received the XT90 adapter and powered on MK3 for the first time and connected it to my Mac. I built vesc_tool (1.28) from source and can run the GUI, but that is irrelevant, because I can't seem to connect to the MK3. On a Mac, I would expect to find /dev/cu.USB* or /dev/tty.USB* device if the MK3 were enumerated. The blue LED is blinking every 10~15 seconds, so I think the MCU is kicking, but I am wondering if it's not enumerating because the MK3 is in deep sleep? I don't have any wires connected to the power switch pin. Would it be a good idea to try wiring a simple push button across the power switch pin to the 5V pin on the 8-pin JST-PH port of MK3?
If nothing is connected, the VESC behaves just like any other VESC. Never connect switch to 5V! Only connect the switch pin to GND for deep sleep ability.
https://vesc-project.com/node/1547