no HALL sensors, help with BLDC braking

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Change the controller and see what happens leaving everything else the same

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hmm if only I had a spare VESC I could trust.

Iā€™ve got an FSESC 6.6 that refuses to see itā€™s internal CANBUS connection even after contacting them for support

Iā€™ve got another FSESC 6.6 plus that died on me mid-ride, not inclined to trust that one.

Iā€™ve got a Boundmotor ESC that works fine, but the remote battery puffed up and when I tried to replace it, I went through 3 remote batteries and couldnā€™t get any of them to charge off of USB (and the remote wouldnā€™t turn on) and idk what I fucked up there.

Oh, I guess I could rip the DV6 out of my current main ride. I was planning to try that as a last resort, but my first resorts have all turned to dust before my eyes.

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the Boundmotor VESC doesnā€™t have a UART or PPM plug, it uses an integrated receiver.

youā€™re right though I can just use it for testing and use keyb control

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itā€™s not sold by Boundmotor anymore, Iā€™ll pair a photo to this post in a few minutes, but the only proof I have that itā€™s a VESC is that it works flawlessly with VESCtool, and the remote can be mapped and the curve adjusted and everything. based on 4.12.

(edited a few posts because I confused 2 brands)

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Tenka is just a Unity with some features removed, and itā€™s based on Vesc 4 HW rather than 6, so yeah ā€“ that makes it old tech :stuck_out_tongue:

Thatā€™s my best guess as well currently.

You can at least use it to test that your motors are fine / the programming steps youā€™re going through actually work. Cuz if it works just fine, then yeah, Tenka is at fault :confused:

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piece of shit MassiveStator should be shut down. idfk how people get any kind of good experience from them.

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Honestly, I donā€™t know anybody who has read up on eskate that is still ordering from him.

Can I ask why you choose to support Jason although quality has never been one of his keywords on the forum?

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  1. I bought it shortly before giving in to the big scary forum and joining ESN (never been a forum user before esk8)

1.b. at the time I didnā€™t know it was JayPo behind MS

  1. Cheap and not Flipsky, that was my reasoning when spending the dosh.

  2. A crazy amount of social media ads probably had something to do with it.

And wtf do you have against flexy decks? For thane builds theyā€™re great.

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update: so Iā€™m now using a DV6 in it, hall sensors are basically off the table at this point but itā€™s been promising in sensorless non-HFI. you have to push off with your foot to get it started and the brakes are a bit weak but much better than with the trash tenka.

now I just need to get the right sensorless settings dialed in for these trash evolve motorsā€¦

man working with such low quality parts reminds me of why I got into DIY in the first place.