I'm currently working on a drone project and I've been trying to get an ESC to work with a motor shield. My question is if this is even possible or should I use something else?
ESC- KingKong 12A 2-4s Lipo
Motor- KingKone 2204 - 2300KV
Motor Shield - Velleman KA03
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
You only have to use Arduino´s PWM pins. You can control the ESC like a servo.
Here you have a tutorial that explains it: TUTORIAL
I saw that article. But i was just seeing if it was possible to use a motor shield to control it. But thank you.
The problem I have run into is my ESC. I connected the 3 outputs to the motor, and connected the power input to the BEC and thus connected the BEC to my 9v-750mAH battery. The problem is I need to be able to bypass the potentiometer (which I can do through the code) but the other problem is my ESC having 7 cables (3 motor connectors, 2 main power connectors, and 2 signal cables) the signal cables are labeled S (for signal I think) and Ground. The tutorial shows there should be 3 cables. And I have no idea what to do. Im pretty sure ive tried everything.
Alvaro_Pelon:
You only have to use Arduino´s PWM pins. You can control the ESC like a servo.
The Arduino Servo library does NOT require the use of PWM pins. The servo or ESC can be controlled from any I/O pin.
The Servo library does prevent the use of PWM on pins 9 and 10.
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Found this Article. Just in case other people are looking for a solution to my problem.