Questions tagged [esc]
Use in reference to electronic speed controllers, used with both brushed and brushless DC motors on drones and model aircraft.
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BLHELI32 DShot600 or DShot150 is not activated in my ESCs from my code written in c c++ in testing with 3 different ESC
My question is more related to inner working of ESC than coding. Particularly how to activate a particular protocol like DShot600 or Dshot150. Assuming a generic BLHELI ESC has all these protocols. I ...
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Brushless Motor not spinning when controlling with Raspberry Pi, PWM and ESC
I'm currently working on a drone which is controlled by a Raspberry Pi. I try to control the motors by using PWM on the connected ESCs, which is described in many guides and forums. For that I use the ...
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Dshot 600 ESC is not responding to the transmitter
I'm building a drone with arducopter 2.8 (ArduCopter V3.2.1) and I'm using the DSHot 600 (BLHELI_S) Opto ESC's as my ESC and when I connect the Opto ESC to the arducopter and arducopter to the ...
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BLDC Motors not spinning at commanded RPM
I have a F450 Quadcopter frame with BLDC motors of 1000Kv and ESC (simonk) 30A each. I am trying to verify if the bldc motor rpm output at a commanded rpm is same as commanded rpm. I am using ...
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Is there is a need to continously send command via DSHOT protocol?
I am building a flight controller and was implementing the Dshot protocol for esc communication. What I could not find is that if you need to send the data frame continuously to the esc. Because when ...
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Can be ESC connected to battery directly if PDB has not enough power?
I want to use FC Matek F405-TE http://www.mateksys.com/?portfolio=f405-te#tab-id-4 but it's PDB allow only 35A of ESC. I want to use 50-60A ESCs (motors are 40A each) with this controller.
Can I ...
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how to replicate motor signal from flight controller among multiple motors?
i would like to build a tailsitter and fly it with a flight controller such as ardupilot. ardupilot seems to support single/dual airplane motor configurations, or standard copter rotor layouts.
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LiPo battery voltage keeps dropping when connected to PDB
I have an F450 quadcopter frame with the integrated Power Distribution Board. In order to use this feature, I soldered the battery (XT60) and the four ESC (Dean-T) connectors. I tested the continuity ...
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What battery can I use for 1000kv brushless motor, that will be the cheapest?
I am using a 10 x 4.5 propeller for my A2212/13T 1000KV brushless motor with a 30A ESC. What battery will I need that will be cheap to power my motor alongside three 9-gram servos?
Flight time is not ...
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Does a brushless motor ESC need thicker input wires than output wires
For this question, I have my own opinion and want to know whether it's correct or not.
We know that ESC use pwm to control speed. For long range fixed wing at cruise speed, ESC may work at a ...
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What motors, battery and ESC to use for a drone of payload >50kg?
So I am designing this octocopter which can lift up a payload of more than 50kg, min 50kg for an intra-city package delivery drone. From what I figured, with 8 motors, the safest thrust needed will be ...
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How to calibrate DIY Brushed ESC powered by 3.7v
I build a DIY Arduino drone. I also build a working DIY brushed ESC. I use 720 DC brushed motor. Let me please inform you that the min Throttle and the Max Throttle not working as expected.
Min ...
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confusing ESC Sound as soon as i move the sticks on transmitter
there is this confusing sound which pops out of the esc as soon as i move the sticks on the transmitter. This never happened before. Normally when i plug in my battery there appears a sound but this ...
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Nitro to Electric Conversion
Attempting to convert a ThunderTiger Ready MkIII nitro to electric.
Manufacturer recommended engines are:
Thunder Tiger Aircraft Engine GP-42:
1.10 BHP @ 14,000 RPM, 357.2 g / 12.60 oz., 6.90 c.c. / ....
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Claw using brushed ESC in conjunction with brushless ESC on Kakute H7
For a challenge, my club and I have been building a drone with a claw on the bottom. We found a good lightweight claw, but it uses an N20 Geared brushed motor. We have a brushed motor ESC(Quicrun 1625 ...
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Pinout Wiring of f4 v3s plus flight controller
I have a f4 v3s Plus flight controller.
I want to wire it to a 4-in-1 ESC using micro JST connectors.
There are 8 pins in my flight controller and 7pins in my ESC board.
I understand that there is one ...
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Brushless Motor no datasheets available
Currently I‘m searching for the right motor. I really have problems with this because there are no datasheets for the motors I inspect. Is there a central database for motor datasets or something like ...
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How much current can float through all pads of the PDB (Power distribution board)?
I want to buy the „PDB-HEX, 12S“ Power Distribution Board. Are the current values of PDB/current sense resistor and ESC power pads meant for the summarized current of all motors or for each Motor? Why ...
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A2212 1000kv Brushless motor keep beeping and twitching
I have bought an A2212 1000Kv brushless motor and a 30A ESC. I power this setup with a 7.4v 2s 30c 800mah LiPo battery. For the signal, I am using a DIY Arduino receiver and transmitter. When I test ...
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How can I use a Pixhawk 4 power distribution board (PM07) to power an older pixhawk?
I have the PM07 power distribution board designed for the Pixhawk 4 but I currently have a Pixhawk 2.8.4. On the data sheets I can clearly see a 5V output but I am not getting any power from those ...
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