Thank guys, I didn’t search on the good website !
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has anyone tried to control the vesc via uart?
https://youtube.com/shorts/93bcVAeCDP0
https://youtube.com/shorts/lCea64AWyBU
First field test with my brushless 
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That is brilliant!! 
i like it
Nice work Giovanni!
3 phase with hall sensors
Ok did you hack the original driver board or use a different one?
Vesc 4.20, like the one in the first message of this topic
hello , very einterresting , but I don t see anywhere how you control this engine , with a ESC ? I lokk for also the code for the arduino
Nice work!
Is that from a 6" or an 8" nominal diameter wheel? (sometimes quoted as 6.5" or 8.5") I could not quite tell by scaling off the steering wheel and pinion shaft. ( got 7"!)
It’s an 8", bigger is better, you can make the hollow shaft larger, so the adapter for the steering column is easier to make
hello , thank you for your answer , but did you have a wiring drawing , I saw that
but I not sure ti understand every think , Why a ESP32 ? I understand not the wifi ( you use D15 ) , I dont understand where is connect ESC , PWM and DIR ? ON D39 that it is ?
You control it using a Vesc 4.2 which in turn can be controlled from any mcu ( arduino, ESP32, Teensy etc) by voltage, PWM or uart.
Yes I was thinking bigger is better, probably more poles too. You can also get 10" hoverboard wheels for a bigger center hole and maybe more poles, but perhaps that’s too big, obscuring the dashboard?
Found a drawing of a 8.5" hoverboard wheel. What did you use for bearings? needle rollers? Also can’t quite work out how you bring the wires out from the inner stator, which must be fixed to a bracket behind, while the outer rotor is connected to the steering wheel and steering shaft. maybe it becomes obvious when you take it apart. The topside outer plate is welded to a center tube, is that mild steel or Ally? it does not look like off the original wheel.
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