Little FOCer! 84V 5kW VESC-Based Controller

We do ship to Australia :slight_smile:

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@shaman what’s next for you and these? coming back in stock? how did they fair in the real world?
push to start possible?

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cough roll to start cough cough

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haha. i know. so they say.

Everytime I read ā€œpush to startā€ I think about pushing a button

I don’t think I’m alone

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=push+to+start&t=canonical&iax=images&ia=images

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Well you may not be alone but you sure are a stickler about it :stuck_out_tongue:

Some of us think about giving the board a lil push to get it started but I already hear you saying you put your foot on the wheel and make it turn before you place it on the ground

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They performed above my expectations in the real world. They were abused pretty hard on anywhere from low-inductance motors to large ebike hub motors.

No roll/push to start currently but it can accept a latching switch of choice for on/off function.

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Oh, I understand now. Alright, here’s hoping to you being able to keep this as an option and iron out the kinks. Even if it costs extra it’s a benefit for EU residents of inside EU shipping and not having to deal with customs. Not sure if it works for international though.

Also, hey, they didn’t sell out much slower! :smiley:

selling em both for $833 :wink:

Hahaha. Everyone in Mitch’s balance group is here apparently!

Thanks for letting me know, Flux!!! I’ll be waiting for details on the next batch.

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whats next,are you going to get a huge amount of them made?

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That’s the plan! Selling these small batches from rev1 helps justify the potential for success of a much larger quantity. I’m already starting that discussion with the manufacturer.

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nice to hear. is the only hurdle getting a manufacturer to make it right? any changes you foresee in the future version?

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Yeah man mainly strengthening the built in bluetooth module and adding a connector for the spare GPIO pins. It’s also gunna be a bit slimmer and we’re shooting to have a nice enclosure/case like grown up controllers :slight_smile: .

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Im hearing rumours of scalping mate apparently one of blokes nicked 7 of the batch of 20 and selling them for upwards of a grand. Something to keep in mind for the next batch I don’t want this to turn out like Nvidia’s 30 series graphics card debacle

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Wow. I’m gonna have to figure out how to combat that

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This makes my soul cry blood

Well shit, then I’m selling my beta unit for 500$

For real tho, anyone buying this for 1k when they can get a trampa 100/250 for half the price is a fool.

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A lot of the Trampa 100/250 don’t have an IMU, so joke’s on them. They’re likely to have a bad day when they figure that out.

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Not really, it has built in bluetooth, so you can add an external IMU and still have both. I suppose it rules out a davega, but I already created a canbus alternative.

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