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Make your own ESC || BLDC Motor Driver (Part 1)

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Beginner. No background in the topic needed.

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This tutorial explains the basic theory of three-phase control and shows how to build a brushless motor driver.

Support me for more videos: patreon.com/GreatScott Previous video: youtu.be/7ctPSgaLxbc Facebook: facebook.com/greatscottlab Twitter: twitter.com/GreatScottLab More project information (schematic, code,....) on Instructables: instructables.com/id/Make-Your-Own-ESC/ Parts list (affiliate links): Aliexpress: 1x Arduino Nano: s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_dULoNXh 2x LM393 Comparator: s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_dWasUKx 1x L6234 IC: s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_d9ewKMJ 4x 470nF, 1x 100nF, 1x 10nF, 1x 220nF Capacitor: s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_dU4FEsB 2x 1µF Capacitor: s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_d7dOwRz 4x 1kΩ, 3x 10kΩ Resistor: s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_dTPpXjt 5x 1Ω Resistor: s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_dZjocVh 2x 10kΩ Potentiometer: s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_dX83GAF 2x 1N4148 Diode: s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_dYR45Bh Ebay: 1x Arduino Nano: rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=55… 2x LM393 Comparator: rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=55… 1x L6234 IC: rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=55… 4x 470nF, 1x 100nF, 1x 10nF, 1x 220nF Capacitor: rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=55… 2x 1µF Capacitor: rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=55… 4x 1kΩ, 3x 10kΩ Resistor: rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=55… 5x 1Ω Resistor: rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=55… 2x 10kΩ Potentiometer: rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=55… 2x 1N4148 Diode: rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=55… In this two part video series I will firstly demonstrate how a

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What people say. Recommended as a practical, beginner-friendly introduction to the basics of brushless DC motor control.

u/gonzalezcgg11in r/embedded • Recommends

…thoroughly cover the topic as a whole. I’ve worked (www.cggonzalez.com) on things like self driving cars, autonomous racing quadcopters, and flying cars so I figured a topic like making an ESC would have a go-to source since there are many off the shelf options for ESCs. After realizing this wasn’t the case, I decided to make my own. Sources: [video [video [video…
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u/randxalthorin r/embedded • Recommends

On “Looking for tutorials on BLDC motor controller design”

Might want to check out GreatScott!'s two videos on making an ESC: [video (first video) He goes through the basic theory of 3-phase control. It's not super complicated, and is a rather practical application. You'll need to go much deeper into theory if you want to do something like field-oriented control, though. As a note, you'll need some understanding of AVR microcontrollers if you want to understand his code, as he does direct register manipulation to commutate quickly enough. Good luck!
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