Need Help for my DiY

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#1

Hey there, One year ago i had my first electric board. Was great but poor quality chinese board. After long tought I now know I won’t ever buy again a pre build board. Because it will always be less reliable than a DIY board, and also this is not who I am.I like when i build things and that I know how to repair and maintain in a good shape. So I live in Paris,France so the town is not very steep hilled, just a few 11/15% hills. There.s only montmartre with more hill. However my need is for a single motor since I wan’t range more than incredible torque and power. I just need to go at least 30 km /h cruising with peaks at 40 km/h to avoid cars and different traffic problems. I had this problem with my first board, not enought speed to ensure security in the traffic. And i wan’t a board that does not exeed 6 or 7 KG since I will need to lift it quite often. ( the board I had was incredebly low weight 5 kg and that was purely amazing) So my plan is : Since i.m not an experienced builder I wan’t to buy the carbon deck of enertion http://www.enertionboards.com/electric-skateboard-parts/carbon-fiber-electric-skateboard-deck/ I like the fact that all the component are in the deck, more convinient and even tho the carbon deck will be stiff it’s not a problem for me since I wan.t a light board, and I don’t mind the stiff deck. The battery I will also go for enertion space cell because it’s convinient, well reviewed and has a very large capacity with a single drive I can go at least 25 km ! ( real world range from an enertion raptor user with dual so I can except even more. http://www.enertionboards.com/electric-skateboard-parts/spare-raptor-battery/ I was told that the VESC of enertion are great ( even the best for some peoples ) so I bought this one. . http://www.enertionboards.com/electric-skateboard-parts/vesc-standard/

I also choosed the enertion Mono Drive kit with R Spec motor but I will change the wheels to abec flywheels

And my main concern is the remote, can I use with no concern about safety any 2,4 Controller with the vesc of enertion ? I Ordered this one


It’s the micro remote

So I already recieved the VESC but I don’t know very much. How will I plug the reciever of the micro remote to the VESC ? And how will i plug in the motor since there’s no golden female wires like on the video of the build ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1kqiC0hzVc ) ?

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And i’ll also need to know what I should expect, I mean will I have to program the VESC ? Actualy I’d like to to set up the acceleration since I wan’t a smooth one and a smooth braking. And is ther’s some little stuff that I will need, some extra wires etc… ? please tell me all you know ! Thank you very much for reading, and I hope you will help me to build my board :slight_smile: Ps excuse my bad english i learned by myself so grammar & stufff…

#2

You can use any rc transmitter with a PWM signal. Your choosen controller will work.[quote=“ElskerShadow, post:1, topic:12191”] How will I plug the reciever of the micro remote to the VESC ? [/quote]

You need a female to female servo cable: http://www.hangarone.co.nz/images/1313-500x500.jpg Plug it in like this: http://esk8content.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/uploads/db2454/optimized/2X/d/d2f73575e4cebb449055709cd9f93063e04c1e9a_1_375x500.jpg[quote=“ElskerShadow, post:1, topic:12191”] nd how will i plug in the motor since there’s no golden female wires [/quote]

You need to buy 5,5mm female bullet connectors. (The enertion r-spec motor uses 5,5mm male plugs). When you have the bullet connectors you need to solder them to the motor cables.[quote=“ElskerShadow, post:1, topic:12191”] And i’ll also need to know what I should expect, I mean will I have to program the VESC ? [/quote]

Yes you have to set it up properly. If you make mistakes you will destroy your VESC. so be careful and search in this foum for additional information!

#3

Thank you so much ! You help a lot :slight_smile:

[quote=“DeathCookies, post:2, topic:12191”] You need to buy 5,5mm female bullet connectors. (The enertion r-spec motor uses 5,5mm male plugs). When you have the bullet connectors you need to solder them to the motor cables.

Is this good ? https://www.amazon.fr/ZIMO-Connecteur-Femelle-Connecteurs-Electriques/dp/B01LBDUFHW/ref=sr_1_5?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1477926068&sr=1-5&keywords=connecteur+prise+fiche+banane+male+femelle+4mm

Thank you for all your help, I will look on the forum for the VESC set up, I must do it when I’ll have the motor and the battery or it can be done before ?

#4

No, you have found 4mm connectors but you need 5,5mm connectors. Here are the correct ones.

You can setup the VESC partially when you have any power source. But i would recommend that you will set up it with your normal battery you are going to use.

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#5

On doing initial VESC setup (especially motor detection), wasn’t the recommendation to use a low current and low voltage bench supply? I vaguely remember using a supply limited to 12v @ maybe 3 amps…

#6

That was only on first boot/firmware flash i think.

#7

I just got my Enertion VESC sorted out yesterday, I made sure my batteries were charged (running 6s) and when I hooked everything up, the VESC had the latest 2.18 firmware - but would not detect my motor. So i reflashed and made sure my battery settings were correct and everything started working.