Throughout the literature the following terms will be used to indicate νarious leνels of potential harm when operating this deνice.
NOTICE: Procedures which, if not properly followed, create a possibility of physical property damage AND a little or no possibility of injury.
CAUTION: Procedures which, if not properly followed as described in this manual, create the probability of physical property damage AND a possibility of serious injury.
WARNING: Procedures which, if not properly followed, create the probability of property damage, collateral damage, and serious injury OR create a high probability of superficial injury.
WARNING: This deνice may not be used for applications requiring fulfillment of special safety standards. Among others this includes:
Certain νehicles, aircrafts, certain machines and operation in safety critical enνironments like medical, nuclear and military!
Before use, this deνice may need to undergo additional testing to standards in place.
Your VESC controller is designed to be integrated into a battery powered electrical system only!
The sketch above shows how to integrate your VESC controller into such a system.
Minimum requirements for safe operation:
Integration of a safety power cut-off.
The integration of a FUSE, rated in accordance of your electrical system (weakest part of the system).
Use of anti spark connectors and switches (pre-charge).
Use of a compatible input device (legal to operate, free of interference, reliable). Shown: PPM (Pulse Posίtίon Modulated) 2.4GHz receίver
Using safe setting for the operation in accordance with your electrical system and components involved.
Use a Battery Management System (BMS) if the motor is used for regenerative braking or as a generator.
Follow general safety measures for your device/system, as legally required.
Keep device dry at all times. House device against water ingress according to required IP rating.
Globally renowned high quality motor controller
You will likely have come across VESC™ by now, it is very special in the field of Electronic Speed Controllers so we are very proud that our boards all come as standard with a VESC™ and VESC™ BMS.
VESC6 Mk6 HP – Quite simply a higher powered version of the VESC6 Mk6, with the same trusted reliability and ease of control. Why High Power? Because the mosfets in the HP allow more amps to run through.
VESC6 Mk6 – An incredibly reliable and high performing compact speed controller, used by over 2000 companies in many other applications across the world
VESC 6/75 – If you are using a 16s Battery Pack to power your mountainboard this controller will automatically be selected to handle the higher voltage.
We make battery packs for both Li-Po & Li-Ion cells.
The (S) stands for Series - adding cells in series increases voltage, The (P) stands for Parallel - adding cells in parallel increases capacity.
A higher voltage will take you faster and higher capacity will take you further. See the table below for further comparison:.
Battery Power
Battery Pack Cells Capacity Voltage at peak
12S Li-Po 12S 1P 20Ah 50.4V
16S Li-Po 16S 1P 20Ah 67.2V
12S 21700 Li-Ion 12S 7P Molicell P42A – 29.4Ah
Samsung 40T- 28AhMolicell P42A – 50.4V
Samsung 40T – 50.4V
Battery BMS, Enclosure & Charger
Battery Pack BMS Enclosure Charger Battery (+charger)
12S Li-Po In charger Classic or Massive Ultramat 18
UltraPower
£840 +VAT
16S Li-Po VESC BMS 16S Massive 16S 8A Li-ion £675 +VAT
12S 21700 Li-Ion VESC BMS Massive or Double Massive 12S 6A Li-ion
12S 12A Li-ion£574 + VAT
£609 +VAT
Li-Po: These cells are more expensive, however you may consider them worth it because they have less components and therefore provide easy plug and play capability as well as making it possible to do a quick battery swap. Li-Po cells also have a higher discharge performance than the Li-ion packs.
Li-ion: Individual cells means that you have a serviceable battery pack, swapping out only the individual cells should they be damaged. These cell packs require some electrical knowledge.
We suggest that if you have limited electrical knowledge that you choose Li-Po batteries for their ease.
