A simple BLDC ESC with RC PWM control built on perfboard.
This project started with my naivety and ignorance. In an effort to avoid buying an ESC for my RC plane, I went down a rabbit hole learning how to build one and ultimately discovered why just buying one would have saved me a lot of time (lol).
While trying to understand how a BLDC ESC works, I found many existing projects either too confusing or too advanced for my skill level. That’s why I decided to build my own barebones ESC as a clear, beginner-friendly learning project to figure out how this stuff actually works.
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Most of this stuff I bought from Aliexpress (cause im broke)
- Arduino Nano 3.0
- 3x IR2104
- 6x IRLU7843
- 3x 2.2uF Tantalum capacitor
- 3x 10uF Electrolytic Capacitor
- 3x 1N4148 Diode
- 6x 33k Resistor
- 3x 10k Resistor
- 6x 100R Resistor
- 22 AWG Solidcore Wire
- Perfboard
- Headers
- Screw Terminals
- Multimeter (Ferrex, ALDI)
- Soldering Iron (FNIRSI HS-02)
- Oscilloscope (Rigol DHO804)
- Power Supply (Korad KA3005DS)
Distributed under the Unlicense License. See LICENSE.txt for more information.
Red - Redstbox@proton.me
As a total beginner this project would not be possible without these resources (and people!)