Which of these 2 are better? how do you connect them to your VESC? Do you need an extra battery, or does it get its power through the VESC?
I’m using a Winning remote, it has a switch for enabling a second channel. I also have a VESC.
I must add, I would like to directly connect it to my VESC. Vedder has ma de video in the past showing that it is possible, but I simply cannot find a well documented guide to set this up.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8f0xg7DNmM
I’ve been looking into this too, I already ordered an st-link to modify some code onto the vesc.
But here is a huge difference.
The kits mentioned above have a control box which analyses your ppm signal (front brake left right) and switches lights on accordingly.
Vedders mod on video is a multicolor ledbar which he assigns colors and brightness to according to the vesc signals.
There’s also someone on this forum who did the same with led-bars and different colors for what speed he’s going at. His name escapes me at the moment…
I’ve seen a BOM list for the VESC and it shows a 3.3v regulator, and I’ve seen enertion specify 5v at 1A. To really know if you can pull power from the VESC you need to look at the voltage regulator and look up the part number and find the specs. Then you need to figure out how much power(in amps) your lights are gonna pull and see if the amps pulled is less than what your part supports.