General discussion

I am new to VESC, but have used several other CAN bus ESCs in the past.  Pardon me if I ask newbe questions.

I am trying to improve on a FIRST Robotics system that uses the REVrobotics NEO motor https://www.revrobotics.com/rev-21-1650/ and would have used their SPARK ESC but FIRST requires a proprietary heartbeat in the ESC for safety reasons.  I am using ROS for the OS and dont have heartbeat capability.

1) Will the VESC work with the NEO motor on the chassis?  (I assume it will). 

Hi, I have a Flipsky 200a waterproof vesc and I have some weird problems with it.

1. Recently I started using HFI with values fairly close to the defaults on 12s and with a max motor current of 180a. I used my laptop plugged into the USB port to set it up, but when I would push the throttle and the motor would start up, the vesc tool would disconnect. On this Flipsky vesc, all of the data wires run very close to the power in wires, so could this be causing enough noise to mess up the usb connection?

Hey  good people 

I see most of you are expert,   hope I not offend   anyone , but I am loosing my mind.....I am new 

Quick story , bought 2  Fsesc  4.12  for Gokart project and new wheel's hub  800W  13S

On the bench I am  use  PWM controller, to  do proper adjust , because in Gokart I will use my Arduino  project  with PWM output 

So  finally I am  able to  run  both way  my motor hub, but   it always  run full speed  or stop 

PWM mapping see  proper  movement of  PWM  signal ,  max , middle , min 

I am using VESC 4.12 with a hoverboard motor to provide force feedback steering for racing simulator.  The VESC is powered with a 24V power supply, and controled via PWM signal from an Arduino Leonardo board in duty cycle mode.  All works well with the exception when I power up the VESC by plugging in the power supply, I get a sharp movement of the motor about 3 seconds after power up.  This happens weather I have the ESC connected to the PWM signal or not.  Kind of scary if you have your hands on the wheel when it powers up.

I have made an electric scooter, using a 12080 motor, the Trampa 75/300 on a 12s battery. I have it running in "current no reverse brake ADC2" with FOC commutation. The scooter works fine, accelerates smooth and fast and brakes well, until going over 35mph or so. At which point using the brake "throttle" (a thumb throttle connected to ADC2) produces a slow clicking from the motor and 0 braking force. It clicks every second or so, until air resistance brings the speed back under 35mph the brakes will suddenly kick in and work as normal.

Hey guys, 

First of all wanted to say that I am very impressed by what you have built here with the VESC tool. 

Hey guys, I am new here so am not sure how this works, but I hope someone can help. 

hello,

G'day,

I saw on the VESC documentation that it is able to provide 3.3V or 5V to external electronics, on the board I'm assuming this is from the section labelled 'sensor.'

Could someone please tell me if and how I can power some of my own electronics from the ESC like an LED strip/raspberry pi/arduino?

Thanks,

Ed

I know this topic has been brought up here a couple of times but I am yet to see a permanent solution to the issue. I am running my custom hardware and everything works great with this just one issue present.