<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Steve,</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">thanks thats good to hear. </div><div id="AppleMailSignature">I bought my Vesc from Maytech in China. They sell them along with a remote</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">controller for skateboard use. They look like they have done a good job, &</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">if they haven't you'll hear about it from the Skateboarding community.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">My Vesc cost about $100- & they are about to release a Vesc with heat sink</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">in an aluminium housing.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">The Vesc Maytech sent me needed the firmware updating, & then I had to order</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">an ST link from them to update the firmware. They sent the wrong wires with it.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Apart from that, I have been buying bldc motors from them that are good quality.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Will let you know when they release this & what the price is if you like.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">I was looking at the focbox, it looks like they have done a good job with it.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Cheers Alan</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On 10/03/2018, at 10:04 AM, Stephen Fordyce via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="auto">Hi Alan,<div dir="auto">I've also been using the VESC brushless motor controller (I use the FOCBOX type, which is sold in Australia) for diver propulsion vehicles and they are fantastic, with all their diagnostics and open source firmware. They also can have a Bluetooth module added so everything can be monitored on a smartphone app (Android).</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Cheers,</div><div dir="auto">Steve</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 10 Mar 2018 6:23 am, "Alan via Personal_Submersibles" <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Cliff, Steve, (mainly)<br>
just an update on where I am with the plc choice.<br>
Even though I had done a plc programming course I was getting totally<br>
bewildered with all the I/Os & what sort of information I could extract<br>
from my motor controller, BMS etc. Have bought a Vesc which is a small electronic<br>
brushless speed controller that can read rpm, amp draw & temperature from my<br>
motors. I have over 60 I/Os & most are analogue.<br>
I ended up contacting an electrician specialising in industrial automation<br>
who is also an electronics geek. He is young enough to be up on all the latest<br>
technology. He is coming up with all sorts of ways of reducing the I/Os using<br>
raspberry pi etc.<br>
So glad to leave it in his hands; will see what he comes up with.<br>
Alan<br>
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Sent from my iPad<br>
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