Looks like we finally got our updated stormcore 
Vedder has teamed up with some amazing people for this project!
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I wonder if the spec on the Duet is conservative or like Makerx.
Hope to see VESC express products on this site. Seems these ESC do not use it.
I mean these VESC
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I really hope this is a new era of trampa not being in charge of this anymore.
I think I’m running the predecessor to this motor controller in Rocinante. Reliable af. Good stuff.
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Definitely exciting! A new era of vesc is upon us!
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Nice, good to see another (possibly great?) option out there.
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Don’t have a ton of time today to elaborate but some small statement on our new org can be found here:
https://vesc-project.com/Hardware
Still lots of info and details to be added everywhere but going one step at a time. Stay tuned! Very excited about what’s ahead.
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It is conservative. We have been pulsing 200 amps motor current for seconds at a time through both sides without faults or failures during testing. Previous versions had trouble going beyond 130 amps during similar testing. Props to David Molony for showing us a lot of cool tricks to improve the power stage in various ways to achieve this.
We are also almost finished generating data sheets for the controllers which we plan to include plots of different loading vs. temperature to make these ratings less of a magic number pulled from nowhere.
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Hell yeah 
My Stormcore 60d+ is still kicking names and taking ass! Has been rock solid for me and that’s with maxed thermal limits (sorry). I call him Jeffrey in your honor.
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200 amps at what voltage? 22s?
Amazing news! Can’t wait to try the new controllers!
Spec sheet says 22s(edit: better use it at 20s for esk8) .They have also added a more powerfull vesc VESC Pronto - VESC Labs
Well 22s is what it can supposedly handles. But testing voltage might be a bit lower since they recommend 20s and lower. 200 amps is a lot of power, just wanna be sure at what voltage that it can reliably handles that.
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So are we still gonna get holiday cards if we write vesc instead of vesc-based ESC?
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The VESC trademark is owned by Benjamin Vedder and it will need to be enforced to maintain that. Who is following through on that front will obviously change and we will strive to maintain polite professionalism.
While the communication around the initial trademarking and enforcement was messy and left a lingering bad taste years ago, I think for the most part things have reached a good equilibrium. Calling everything a VESC wasn’t very good for clarity to new customers anyways, and I think it is a benefit that companies developed their own brands and referred to themselves as VESC-based or running VESC software since it let each of them develop their own reputations. The trademark itself has also been useful in letting Benjamin put much more time and energy into the VESC-project by presenting some new revenue streams.
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This answer is a little too professional. Next time please send a brigade of suits to my door.
(But I absolutely agree, well said)
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I asked Mxlemming(David Molony on vesclabs) and he said that it is better to use it at 20s . Here is his answer
Summary
100V MOS are typically stable with 20s under most conditions, 22s is OK if regeneration is limited, the battery cables are low impedance (short and fat…), the BMS is guaranteed not to suddenly cut out under regen and the design (device and system) doesn’t intrinsically stress the FETs. This is pretty much applicable to all ESCs, VESC derivative or otherwise. For design into a serial product, I would personally suggest derating and not pushing the boundaries, but opinions vary…
You probably notice that while charging your battery the voltage on the terminals goes above 84V due to the internal resistance, same is true in regen.
There are people that have been running 22s for ages on 100V parts without issues, and others that have experienced a significant life reduction doing it.
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