General discussion

Hi everyone,

I have recently come across a concern on my current project. We are building a drift trike and have attached an ADC throttle to the VESC. This throttle is just to accelerate and does not have a brake but we have a manual brake. There are also no buttons which allow things such as cruise control, reverse etc, its just a simple push down to accelerate throttle. Good to note that it is also a 3 pin throttle.

Hi VESC forum,

I've ordered a small VESC EDU to experiment a bit with some motion control applications on the VESC. I have a bit of a background in motion control, so I'm curious about the potential of this platform. In experimenting I've come accros some strange glitches, which I can't really explain. So I was wondering if anyone else has an idea what I might be doing wrong :), or maybe someone can replicate the same behaviour?

We have been using the VESC6 for the past few years for robotics drive systems using AMT102V. Recently we have seen AS5047P also being used in absolute mode. We are using the TMotor R100 with an average velocity of 1200RPM in our use. We wanted to know which one would be beneficial for us for precise velocity control, an incremental encoder like AMT102 or an absolute one like AS5047P in regards to VESC.

Hi,

I am trying to port VESC firmware on STML4 controller with more recent version of ChibiOs.

I am using STM with frequency of 120MHz with one ADC which can work on 120MHz,  I am using only foc control and have an issue with current control and current measurements.

When I try to start motor with current control current is constantly increasing until ABS_OVER_CURRENT fault is triggered, also when I start motor with duty control and turn on real time data motor current is fluctuating a lot.

My team is currently using the new VESC hardware at UC San Diego for autonomous vehicles. We're collecting training data by driving around a track with donkeysim, and we've been running into this issue when attempting to make turns from time to time. This is the error that comes up when the donkeycar software crashes.

Hi again!

Hello,

(not beeing an expert in this topic,)I am currently working with a already given setup of two single Flipsky FSESC4.12  with 50A connected via CAN-Bus (parent child compound) to power a electric skateboard. There is an implemented inertial measuring unit that sends acceleration data to the parent via UART for further processing. Additionally, I have a Bluetooth low energy module connected to the child but it was only used for setup reasons since now.

Hello,

My friend and I are students at the University of Michigan and we are trying to create an electric longboard for our embedded systems class. We have decided to get an off the shelf VESC for our project and are having some issues determining whether or not we will be able to interface with one. For some context, we are working with a budget of $1000 dollars.

Hello,

Im working on my dual boat motor for my fishing boat. Yesterday I connected the motors for the first time. The motors in Flipsky 65111 and ESC is FLIPSKY Mini FSESC6.7 PRO 70A.

I have run the FOC wizard and it detect the motor and everything is working. However at low RPM the motor runs pretty hard and it is impossible to run it at low rpms. See the video:

https://youtu.be/z02HhbUDVr0

Is this expected or can I adjust anything?

/Magnus

Hello,

I am using the Spintend VESC 75/100 v1 (FW 5.3) on an escooter.

I drive the VESC with an ESP32 APP with CAN bus. It uses the COMM_SET_CHUCK_DATA message at 30Hz to give orders (so, little delay).

It works really great... except one thinkg (sometimes scary) : when I press full brake, it never react the same way.

Sometimes, it brakes strongly & instantly, sometimes, there is a delay (~200-500ms) with really low braking force (even if brake is pressed at max during this time), then it apply full braking force.