VESC 6 Mk6 HP

The second VESC controller capable of hibernating, your board can conserve power while not in use – reducing power consumption to just 20μA – less than the self-discharge rate of the batteries. Or with automatic power off, your VESC controller can switch itself off after a set amount of time.

Compatible with power buttons / switches, the VESC 6 MKVI controller can be ready to go with a single press / flick. If desired, multiple devices can share a single button.

Roll-to-start – it’s possible to set your board to power up with a small kick/nudge! The MK VI iteration now allows you to disable this feature.

THREE PHASE SHUNTS & adjustable CURRENT / VOLTAGE FILTERS – detecting any motor attached more precisely and reliably than ever before. React PERFECTLY LINEAR to throttle input commands.

You’ll also find an IMU chip fitted – featuring a gyroscope, accelerometers the VESC 6MKVI knows its 3D orientation in space, 3 axis acceleration values.

UAVCAN has been added to the firmware allowing to interact with commonly used flight controllers like the PIXHAWK ®* devices. An incredible 12,000 lines of code have been added for the new hardware releases. To make the VESC controller nearly indestructible, the low voltage rails were redesigned A-Z.

VESC-Tool software is available as an Android™ and iOS™ compatible App, allowing you to configure your VESC or VESC controller array with only a few clicks. User specific PROFILES will let you change in between different setups with a single tap on the fly.

Using an original VESC 6 MKVI controller, motor detection is now more precise than ever. Extreme low inductance (0.5 μH) motors are no issue!

Parameters for gearing and wheel diameter have been added, allowing display of speed, Wh usage per distance travelled, precise battery indicator, current consumption, duty cycle and power. Beautiful self-adjusting analogue displays make the readings of all parameters very enjoyable.

Features

– Current and voltage measurement on all phases (three phase shunts)
– Adjustable current and voltage filters
– built in IMU chip (accelerometer, gyro)
– Regenerative braking
– Traction control (single and twin setup)
– Sensored or sensor less operation + hybrid mode, HFI and sildent HFI
– 100% torque from 0 RPM without sensors (for most salient BLDC motors)
– highly accurate sensorless position control (for most salient BLDC motors)
– Configurable RPM-, current-, voltage- and power limits
– Input source: PPM, Analog, NRF Nyko Kama Nunchuck
– Communication ports: USB, CAN,UAVCAN, UART
– Throttle curve and ramping for all input sources
– Separate throttle curves for acceleration and brakes
– Seamless 4-quadrant operation
– Motor revolution, amp hour, watt hour counting
– Display of speed, power, duty cycle, amp flow, estimated range and battery status on App
– Accumulated data from arrays of VESCs
– Real time data analysis and read out via communication ports
– Real time data analysis and read out via VESC-Tool APP or VESC-Tool software
– Adjustable protection against:

–    Low input voltage
–    High input voltage
–    High motor current
–    High input current
–    High regenerative braking current (separate limits for the motor and the input)
–    High RPM (separate limits for each direction).
–    Over temperature (MOSFET and motor)

Technical Data Sheet

– Voltage: 11.1V – 60V (Safe for 3S to 12S LiPo).
– Voltage spikes may not exceed 60V!
– Current: Continuous 80A, Motor current max 160A, Spikes 210A.  Values depend on the temperature and air circulation around the device!
– 5V 1A output for external electronics
– 3.3V 0,5A output for external electronics
– Modes: DC, BLDC, FOC (sinusoidal)
– Supported sensors: ABI, HALL, AS5047