OLD QUESTION: What is the best VESC on the market that is available to purchase?

frame · August 18, 2020, 5:23pm

the remote on/off function works?

Andy87 · August 18, 2020, 5:24pm

I didn’t fully understand it’s 12V 3A shared output? Or 3A for each channel?

rey8801 · August 18, 2020, 5:24pm

I think single output, it’s a 12V 3A output. Good for lights. At least by the pictures I only see a single output

Andy87 · August 18, 2020, 5:26pm

There is one for horn and one for lights.
As minimum that’s how I understood it.

rey8801 · August 18, 2020, 5:27pm

Ah yeh right. Don’t know can be shared too. On the same output looks easy to be shared.

Andy87 · August 19, 2020, 4:25am

@rey8801 it’s confirmed that it is 3A combined so 1.5A per output.

rey8801 · August 19, 2020, 2:48pm

Ok good to know. I don’t need an horn vesc controlled but light for sure. Anyhow 1.5A is also good for good 12v leds

fessyfoo · August 19, 2020, 4:45pm

huh? what’s “horn” about? does vesc have code to dynanically control a horn under some conditions? is it like a fault alarm? or a hey get out of my way horn?

or is is just power pins?

Andy87 · August 19, 2020, 6:01pm

I would guess the difference between the output ports is that one is switched permanently (the light) and the other just momentary (horn) when triggered.

frame · August 19, 2020, 6:04pm

so hooking up lights to the horn port, we can get strobe mode?

fessyfoo · August 19, 2020, 7:14pm

does it have support for an extra remote channel/button push or something? that how you trigger it?

Andy87 · August 19, 2020, 7:38pm

I would guess so, but could be wrong. It’s not written in the specs.

JoeyZ5 · August 19, 2020, 7:41pm

I think it probably works with their proprietary remote

longhairedboy · August 19, 2020, 8:07pm

I wonder if it feels as good as a VX1.

stratoglide · August 19, 2020, 8:24pm

Don’t have a vx1 but so far it’s the “best” cheap thumb wheel remote. Based on weight the battery is really undersized and should be replaced, but it’s got a menu where you can change certain vesc parameters that affect speed tracking and stuff.

Honestly if the remote was available seperately I’d probably buy them for cheap builds but it’s no puck/wand/ossr replacement by any means lol.

The remote has a symbol for when the lights are on/horn is activated.

longhairedboy · August 19, 2020, 9:06pm

It looks and seems a lot like the one from serpent boards a while back.

Athrx · August 19, 2020, 9:19pm

I’m quite sure you can connect the horn on some extra lights to flash cars to give way (well, this may be a mostly british thing, on other parts of the world might be useless), or just make people move, or if the button is in a convenient position to hold, to activate in dark places

DavidC · August 19, 2020, 10:13pm

FSESC 6.6 DUAL is good.

FW5.1 no_hw_limits and APS80100, 120A battery and motor max.

Max current 87A ; Motor max current 143A ; Max ESC temp 45°C in summer.

I have four other ones on various builds.

You can rely on this one.

Update 20/08/2020 : I found even more (it was in march, less hot)

rey8801 · August 20, 2020, 3:16am

Yes I think the difference is just that one is momentary the other is a fixed position button, but for the rest you can attach whatever you want that takes 12v and less than 1.5A

stratoglide · August 20, 2020, 3:47am

Yup horn is just a short pulse when activated. One of the weirdest things is the can us on/off feature in the remote menu, I guess this could be helpful if your belt breaks or some weird fringe scenario like that.