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Alternate method to program Makerbase MKSESC75200

Submitted by Zachary Levenberg on Sat, 2024-02-10 23:22

Hey gang,

I have a Flipsky 75200 that was working perfectly until a careless move on my part that damaged the USB communication on the Flipsky (and on my PC :( wahhh).

 

Any ways the controller still seems to function fine, but no USB. I checked the uart ports and there is no data. CAN does seem to be broadcasting correctly.

 

Are there any other ways to connect to Vesc tool? Can it be done over CAN? I suppose I could put a new microcontroller on but that is my last resort.

-z

YAFO: Yet another FOc controler

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Submitted by GetItFixed on Wed, 2023-11-29 21:42

Dear All,
I would like first to thank all the members on this forum who shared their knowledge.
So, I have decided to design a mid-range ESC 14s 50 Amps based on a downgrade of the  A200S_v2.1.
I have selected discrete FET drivers, motor phase current sensing but No CAN, No IMU, No servo input.
Just throttle and brake using ADCs.
Here is the first draft of the schematic and any feed back will be welcome.

Yafo_1450_v0.pdf

MINI 4 having DRV8301 in mini4.h !

Submitted by snakeplissken on Fri, 2023-11-24 20:58

Dear all,

I have generated with success the binary firmware ver 6.05 for mini4, using the provided  hwconf/other/hw_mini4.c and   hwconf/other/hw_min4.h files.
Therefore, I do not understand why HW_HAS_DRV8301 is defined in hw_mini4.h,  knowing that there is absolutely no DRVxxx hardware on the MINI4 schematic.

#ifndef HW_MINI4_H_
#define HW_MINI4_H_

#define HW_NAME                    "MINI4"

VESC6 Mini UART not working

Submitted by nyc on Mon, 2023-11-20 07:08

HI All,

I'm working for a robot project planning to use ESP32 to control VESC via UART.
But the UART of my VESC 6 didn't give any response.
I've tried connect VESC-Tool through the UART but not working  (UART<>USB board to PC)
(Its work for my older VESC4 HW)

Details:
TX_SCL_MOSI
PA7(ADC12_IN7) / PB10

RX_SDA_NSS
PA4 / PB11

fw:6.02 (no hw limit)
hw:60
no NRF
App: No App / PPM / UART also not working for UART

Anyone knows the problem?
Thanks!
 

Custom Hardware with MOSFET issue

Submitted by RanjithBalu56 on Wed, 2023-10-18 14:15

Hi, This is Ranjith, Im trying to develop a custom Driver based on VESC 75_300 schematics.

There is a major issue im facing right now, which i couldn't figure it out by myself, my hardware design has two boards,

- The Driver unit board has the mosfet, shunt, temp sensor and the signal connector that reaches the second board (Control Unit).

- The Control unit board has the rest of the components.

In this design we are using a different mosfet which is IPT029N08N5 instead of IRF7759L2PbF.

So the Issues are ; 

Vesc Tool with Tenka, firmware error

Submitted by DankPoppin on Sun, 2023-05-28 20:39

I keep seeing this error when connecting vesc to tool. "The connected VESC has newer firmware than this version of VESC Tool supports. It is recommended that you update VESC Tool to the latest version. Alternatively, the firmware on the connected VESC can be downgraded in the firmware page. Until then, limited communication mode will be used."

It updates but it says it fails to erase boot I believe.

When I try to run motor detection I Get same error message as the ESC has newer firmware please help anyone I am also running focbox TENKA if that helps.

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