Perfect, that’s exactly what i was looking for. Thank you 
Do you have a link to your monster by any chance ?
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Thank you, it’s nice to see that i’m starting to understant stuff ^^
I would recommend it unless you have heaps of space i am goung to have to reengineer it so heat sink is external to enclosure this baby heats up fast the 4 amp must use a super efficent buck its happy to sit in a sealed enclosure with just a raspberry pi 3 headsink add putting out close to 4 amps. I will dig up the link from my banggood emails. I need 8 amps to drive my rgb matrix display so I am hoping 1/2 brightness and avoiding gifs with lots of white will only draw 4 amps. As i need the other 3a for esp32 to run display and control side ws2812 strips talt to the vesc and do the brake lights. Couldnt find on banggood but here is a similar unit on ebay at 4 amps the heatsinks get hot recommend bigger heatsink and maybe fan mine came with an enclosure and was nearly twice : ( you got me thinking I may be better off using 2 x 4a bucks instead)
Matrix goodness 64 x 32
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Holly shit that’s not a skate, it’s a full imax. Don’t bother with the link i found some stuff on ali express that fits my needs. It was a few clicks away in recommended products in the link you gave me. Big thanks to you .
I question my sanity on this build slash experiment its not going to be a every day board. Lucky it has a 32 amp battery.
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Huhu, that’s the kind of stuff i want to do, over the top absolutely useless but enjoyable.
I’ll probably do the same 2x5A, cheaper and more manageable heat and space wise.
I looked a this, but, no, just no :
#DC-DC Buck Module 12 V-72 V à 0-60 V 12A
https://fr.aliexpress.com/item/32864339539.html
Yeah I had a semi when I saw the specs then when I saw it…there is an exponential correlation with amps and how ridicules the cooling has to be. I also have a hobbyking buck on order too. but 2 x 4a might be the simplist solution.
How much does your board weigh…My setup seems like it’s about 50+ lbs.
If I have two single 4.12 vescs connected via CAN bus, can I use both uart ports? One for the remote and one for a davega display?
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There are some extremely compact and highly efficient DC-DC converter modules out there designed for railway applications and the like, such as this tiny monster. 18-72v in, 5v 10a out, and up to 91% efficiency.
It’s even cheaper than that aliexpress item you linked, at a fraction of the size - 33.0 x 22.8 x 9.5mm.
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Is the vesc-project page working for people? It’s completely dead for me. If possible, can someone direct me to some other firmware versions?
This what you’re looking for?
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Thank you! But also on a separate note, is vesc-project down and if so why?
Not loading for me either. Maybe maintenance or something.
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Thanks for confirming! I think it’s been down all day. I tried earlier this morning and still nothing
If you are looking for Vedder version 4.1 and OS Linux, then I have a copy.
I also have Ackmaniac 2.54 for Windows and Linux and mac something
I also have Ackmaniac 3.103 for Windows (the Linux version is broken)
I mean if the site is down and you need something now.
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we need a repository here
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You can also go to github and download the source and compile it yourself but that takes longer than asking for it.
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Oh here is Ack 3.102 built for Linux
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