I'll be honest i'm a bit new here so this will be a little awkward. Anyway, I am an electronics student going to a vocational High School. I am a senior and am building a senior project. My project is to replace the motor on a 50 cc quad for an electric one. I have found a motor that i am currently building. It is a 30v 600 Watt 3d printed motor. The problem i am running into is the esc. For this project, it is preferred that i build the esc myself. So i watched a few videos by Greatscott and Electronoobs. However, they did not really make any sense to me. Each used arduino and i understood how the circuit basically works but i need to make and esc that fits my motor needs. Any help at all would be very appreciated.
well, that changes a few things. But as long as its operational and runs, thats all i need. I have seen quads online that have 250 watt motors in them. I'm not trying to go offroading with this. Its just a project for me to learn how this stuff works. This is a hobby of mine and it would be a great learning experience if i completed this. I dont need this thing to go fast. It just needs to move. And if i show that i did all the electronics in said project, it will help me in future projects. The next time i do this, i will have a proper motor. For now, this is a learning experience. And kinda fun to be honest.
I would use a commercial Esc or speed controller for that job.
I’m presently building a child’s go kart and am using a 24v DC brushed motor (~400watt) with a H bridge control ( via PWM) - much easier to design and build !
Does the motor have hall switches? Interesting design with no laminations, surprizing that you
can get even 80% efficiency in such a design, at 600W that means it will melt after a few minutes without
good forced air cooling to the windings.
Lamination stacks should both improve efficiency, reduce size of motor and aid cooling of windings
whilst allowing higher winding temperatures to be handled.
Alas laminations are not 3D printable(!), but lamination stacks can be bought...