Arduino Controlled ESC (Easy+ No Potentiometer!) 

question if I have 45C 4500mah 11.1V lipo battery and a C2204 1200kv motor that draws 11 amps would it damage 30A Simonk ESC?

@@rajaboy2293 No, as long as the ESC is rated for 3 cell and you hook it up the right way you will be fine. That battery is capable of supplying over 200 amps, (45c x 4.5AH) but it is the ESC/motor combo that determines how much will actually be drawn. As I said, hook it up right and it will be fine.

The ESC only provides power to the battery itself. An external power supply is required for the arduino & all auxillary systems.

Unless I'm misunderstanding things; the LiPo battery powers the ESC which has a 3 phase brushless motor driver, and usually a 5V linear regulator to power the receiver and servos. The suggestion is to use that 5V to power the arduino and save a battery.

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Post your code

@@BlackFalconElectronics Actually just got it to do what I wanted. I used this code: #include Servo ESC; int val; int globalval; void setup() { Serial.begin(9600); ESC.attach(9,1000,2000); //PWM Pin Connection Port on Arduino delay(1); ESC.write(0); //Activates ESC delay(1000); //Wait time before commanding throttle values } void loop() { while(Serial.available()) / { val = Serial.parseInt(); //reads integer vals from serial monitor input Serial.println(val); //Print throttle value ESC.write(val); //Write throttle value to ESC if (val > 0){ globalval = val; //Store throttle value } } if(!Serial.available()) { Serial.println(globalval); //Print stored throttle value ESC.write(globalval); //Assign previously stored throttle value to ESC } }

@@philjackson8205 I hope you found the answer. For anyone who might need it, one way you could do is to put the "myservo.write(val);" command in a for time loop, and the motor will run for that long.

@@philjackson8205 thanks for posting the code it got my project up and running for the first time!

This might be a late reply but open up the serial plotter and set it to "No Line Ending" so it holds the rpm you set.

He has a different esc from majority.

your starting point is 1500, you need to initialize the esc at 1500

@gokhan yilmaz myservo.write(val); delay(5000); you need to add delay value after servo.write

@@musleh711 thanks dude, it's worked

@@musleh711 this worked for me also, but the motor then just runs for 5 seconds. Do you know how you can have it continue to run until a different value is input?

Could you post the code you're using?

I don't believe you would be able to, but that would depend on the battery rating compared to the ESC's. Thanks for commenting!!!

@@BlackFalconElectronics what if i use a relay...

@@garygracias4229 a relay would be good to use, but it would still depend on the battery & esc ratings. Otherwise you risk electrocution &/or frying all connected electronics.

@@BlackFalconElectronics ill be using a 160kv motor and a 50 - 80a esc..

@@garygracias4229 what is the battery rating?

Same here. Some ESC work differently

Bros, He has a programmable esc. The thing is most of the escs require a pulse between 1000 to 2000 us. This guy's esc works from 10 to (IDK) us. and you got yourself in problem....

@@teklisbenzi why do I got myself in problem?

@@sgpaterno9117 Umm.... Just Skip this tutorial as it will not work for majority.

and how?

Can u solve it

Change the position first yellow and last yellow to vice versa