General discussion

We are trying to control the flipsky motor with flipsy esc 4.12 using the Arduino with the potentiometer which gives ppm values. The issue is that the centre value of the ppm is not being constant  and when disconnected with the battery the cdentre value is changing.So anyone can help me doing this?????

The Code used for the vesc and the arduino interface was this:

#include <Servo.h>
#define VescOutputPin 9

I used a dual V4. last week, and I found that there was a problem on the uphill. There may be problems when the current is greater than 30A. "Fault code DRV 8302". Is this happening to you?

FW:3.40

I am attempting to use a VESC 4.12 to control a 13" hub motor I got off of alibaba.  I have been able to get it spinning with the VESC tool in BLDC senor mode(halls).

But the movement is very rough seems like there is  a delay between commutation states.  So any tips on clean that up would be appreciated.

My overall project I am trying to create a outdoor rover with 4 and 6 hub motors.  I am working on the Proof of Concept right now with two hub motors.

I successfully brought back from the dead a VESC with wrong firmware, now I'm facing a last problem that I can't find a precise answer, maybe you can help.

The problem now is that I have power on the VESC, blue led turns on and STlink is working, but I still get no connection with USB on VESCtool.
It seams very much like the issue described on this thread: https://vesc-project.com/node/545
But I don't understand how to erase the whole flash in OpenOCD.

Hardware 4.12, firmware 3.40, FOC, ABI encoder, 350kV motor

Hi forum !

I'm looking for guidelines / advise on tuning speed controller for smooth operation in relatively low speed range (500-1000RPM) with varying load. 

With default wizard-generated parameters I'm seeing uneven speed and practically no torque response to load - see screenshot below.

Thanks for any help

I want try use encoder on my FSESC, in order to improve low speed (I'm using it on a cablecam). But I have I have a lot of doubts, and I do not find many answers.

I will make a list of the questions, hoping that they can also serve others in the future.

I have a motor with hall effect sensors, but no temp sensor. I was actually thinking of using the temp sensor input from the vesc 6 to monitor my battery temp, since my motor never gets very warm, but my battery is getting very hot.

Can anyone recommend a temp sensor that could be used with the vesc for this?

I saw someone recommend the Farnell NTCLG100E2103JB in another thread, but I don't see how that is to be wired up.

Hi,

I have a FOCBOX Motor Controller and I downloaded the entire package from Software link inside Documentation. I am trying to understand the flow of the program. By flow I mean how and where is the joystick(gamepad) command are accepted and how is the command send to motor controller from microcontroller?  Can someone help me out in understanding this?

Hi, 

I have a new motor for my bike. (Something went wrong with the previous motor/controller. Both ended up fried.). 

Now this is a hub motor, so there is a bike wheel attached. Sure I could remove the wheel, but I'm pretty sure I can't put that one back again straight. So... I'll have to do the detections with the wheel on it. 

The RL measurement is fine. 

Now the standard lambda measurement tries to spin the motor way too quickly. With the wheel attached not an option. 

Hi guys,

I've built an e-kick-scooter and it works very well, except the German laws ;)

Driving electronic vehicles in the street without number plates, insurance, helmet, etc is illegal. But, there are "pedelecs", which are the smallest models of the e-bike section. Those are (nearly) handled as regular bikes, having the following limitations:

P_max = 250 W (on the wheel)

v_max = 25 km/h

- only Assist Mode: fire at 250 watts while pedaling (no throttle)