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Manual of Sensorless Brushless Motor Speed Controller Ver HW-01-081027.1

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Size

Li-ion

Li-poly

NiMH

NiCd

L*W*H

Pentium-6 6A 8A Linear

5V/0.8

2 5-6 Available N/A 6g 24*12*6

10A Pentium-10 10A 12A Linear

5V/1A

2-4 5-12 Available N/A 9g 27*17*6

Pentium-12 12A 15A Linear

5V/1A

2-4 5-12 Available N/A 12g 32*24*8

Pentium-12E 12A 15A Linear

5V/2A

2-4 5-12 Available N/A 13

32*24*10

18A Pentium-18 18A 22A Linear

5V/2A

2-4 5-12 Available N/A 19g 45*24*11

Pentium-25 25A 35A Linear

5V/2A

2-4 5-12 Available N/A 22

45*24*11

Pentium-25-OPTO 25A 35A N/A

N/A

2-4 5-12 Available N/A 21

45*24*11

Pentium-30 30A 40A Linear

5V/2A

2-4 5-12 Available N/A 25g 45*24*11

Pe nt ium- 30A + UBEC 30A 4 0A

Switch

5V/2A 2-4 5-12 Available

N/A

32g 45*24*11(ESC)

Pentium-40 40A 55A Switch

5V/3A

2-6 5-18 Available N/A 35g 55*28*12 Pentium-40-OPTO 40A 55A N/A N/A 2-6 5-18 Available N/A 32g 55*28*11 Pentium-60 60A 80A Switch

5V/3A

2-6 5-18 Available N/A 60

70*31*14 Pentium-60-OPTO 60A 80A N/A N/A 2-6 5-18 Available N/A 56g 70*31*13 Pentium-80 80A 100A Switch

5V/3A

2-6 5-18 Available N/A 62

70*31*14 Pentium-80-OPTO 80A 100A N/A

N/A

2-6 5-18 Available N/A 58g 70*31*13

100A

Pentium-100 100A 120A N/A N/A 2-6 5-18 Available N/A 120g 78*55*15

Size

Li-ion

Li-poly

NiMH

NiCd

L*W*H

18A Guard-18 18A 22A

Linear

5V/2A 2-4 5-12 Available Available 24g

45*26*11

25A Guard-25 25A 35A Linear 5V/2A 2-4 5-12 Available A vailable 27g 45*26*12 30A Guard-30 30A 40A

Linear

5V/2A 2-4 5-12 Available A vailable 29g 45*26*12 40A Guard-40 40A 55A Switch 5V/3A 2-6 5-18 Available A vailable 40g 55*28*15 60A Guard-60 60A 80A Switch 5V/3A 2-6 5-18 Available A vailable 65g 70*31*14 80A Guard-80

80A 100A

Switch 5V/3A 2-6 5-18 Available A vailable 67g 70*31*14

Pentium Series

Guard Series

WeightBurst

Current

(>10s)

BEC

Mode

BEC

Output

Battery Cell User

Programm-

able

Balance

Discharge

Protection

60A

Class Model Cont.

Current

80A

12A

40A

BEC

Mode

(

Note1

)

BEC

Output

Class Model Cont.

Current

Burst

Current

(>10s)

25A

30A

Balance

Discharge

Protection

WeightBattery Cell User

Programm-

able

Thanks for purchasing our Electronic Speed Controller (ESC). High power system for RC model can be very dangerous, so we strongly suggest you read this manual carefully. In that we have no control over the correct use, installation, application, or maintenance of our products, no liability shall be assumed nor accepted for any damages, losses or costs resulting from the use of the product. Any claims arising from the operating, failure or malfunctioning etc. will be denied. We assume no liability for personal injury, property damage or consequential damages resulting from our product or our workmanship. As far as is legally permitted, the obligation to compensation is limited to the invoice amount of the affected product.

Features:

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Balance Discharge Monitoring and Protection (BDMP) Design for lithium battery pack.

This innovative new system provides real time monitoring of the discharge voltage of each cell in your lithium (Li-ion/Li-poly) battery packs. Since each cell is monitored and protected by the ESC, you can expect an even longer service life from your battery packs as you fly with increased confidence.

(Remark: This function is ONLY available for the “Guard” series ESC)

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Compatible with Lithium and Nickel battery types. (Lithium-Ion / Lithium-Polymer or Nickel Metal Hydride / Nickel Cad mium)

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Extreme low output resistance, super current endurance.

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Multiple protection features: Low-voltage cut-off protection / over-heat protection / throttle signal loss protection.

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3 start modes: Normal / Soft / Super-Soft, compatible with fixed-wing aircraft and helicopter.

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Throttle range can be configured to be compatible with all transmitters currently available on market.

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Smooth, linear and precise throttle response.

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Separate voltage regulator IC for microprocessor (except Pentium-6A and Pentium-10A), providing good anti-jamming capability.

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Supported motor speed (Maximum): 210000 RPM (2 poles), 70000 RPM (6 poles), 35000 RPM (12 poles).

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Our pocket-sized

Program Card

can be purchased separately for extremely easily programming the ESC at the field.

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With a program card, you can activate the music playing function of the ESC, and totally there are 15 songs can be selected.

Specifications:

Note1: BEC means the “Battery Elimination Circuit”. It is a DC-DC voltage regulator to supplies the receiver and other

equipments from the main battery pack. With the build-in BEC of an ESC, the receiver needn’t to be supplied with an additional battery pack.

IMPORTANT! The ESC named “xxx-xxx-OPTO” hasn’t a built-in BEC, an UBEC (Ultimate-BEC) or an individual battery pack should be used to power the receiver. And an individual battery pack is needed to power the program card when setting the programmable value of such ESCs, please read the user manual of program card for reference.

5S-6S Li-Poly

BEC Output Capability

Standard micro servos(Max.) 5 4

2 S Li- P ol y 3S Li - Po l y 2S - 4S Li -P ol y

Linear Mode BEC( 5V/2A)

4 S Li -P o l y 5S Li -P o l y

Switch Mode BEC( 5V/3A)

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Wiring Diagram:

Lithium Battery Balance Discharge Monitoring and Protection (BDMP) Adapter For the “Guard” Series ESC:

We provide 2 kinds of Lithium Battery Balance Discharge Monitoring and Protection (BDMP) Adapters for user to choose. Adapter #1 Adapter #2

VERY IMPORTANT! You MUST connect the BDMP adapter to the balance charge connector on battery pack BEFORE connecting the main power lead to ESC. And if you use banana-shape connectors on main power wires (Input wires), please connect the black wire (negative polarity) BEFORE red wire (positive polarity). So the right sequence is: BDMP Adapter → BLACK wire of main power → RED wire of main power

Programmable Items:

1. Brake Setting：Enabled / Disabled, default is Disabled

2. Battery Type：Li-xx(Li-ion or Li-poly) / Ni-xx(NiMH or Ni Cd)，default is Li-xx.

3. Low Voltage Protection Mode(Cut-Off Mode)： Soft Cut-Off (Gradually reduce the output power) or Cut-Off (Immediately stop the output power). Default is Soft Cut-Off.

4. Low Voltage Protection Threshold(Cut-Off Threshold)：Low / Medium / High, default is Medium.  When NOT using balance discharge monitoring and protection function (i.e. Not plugging the balance charge connector

into the BDMP socket on the Guard series ESC, the ESC only monitors the voltage of the whole battery pack )

1) For lithium batteries, the number of battery cells is calculated automatically. Low / medium / high cutoff voltage for each cell is: 2.6V/2.85V/3.1V. For example: For a 3 cells lithium pack, when “Medium” cutoff threshold is set, the cut-off voltage will be: 2.85*3=8.55V.

2) For nickel batteries, low / medium / high cutoff voltages are 0%/45%/60% of the startup voltage (i.e. the initial voltage of battery pack), and 0% means the low voltage cut-off function is disabled. For example: For a 10 cells NiMH batter y, fully charged voltage is 1.44*10=14.4V, when “Medium” cut-off threshold is set, the cut-off voltage will be:14.4*45%=6.5V。

 When using balance discharge monitoring and protection function (i.e. Plugging the balance charge connector on battery

pack into the BDMP socket on the Guard series ESC, the ESC monitors not only the voltage of the whole battery pack but also the voltage of each cell). For lithium battery，low / medium / high cut off voltage for each cell is: 2.6V/2.85V/3.1V. When the voltage of any cell in battery pack is lower than the cut-off threshold, the protection function is activated.

5. Startup Mode：Normal /Soft /Super-Soft, default is Normal. Normal is preferred for fixed-wing aircraft. Soft or Super-soft are preferred for helicopters. The initial acceleration of the Soft and Super-Soft modes are slower in comparison, usually taking 1 second for Soft startup or 2 seconds for Super-Soft startup from initial throttle advance to full throttle. If the throttle is closed (throttle stick moved to bottom) and opened again (throttle stick moved to top) within 3 seconds of the initial startup, the restart-up will be temporarily changed to normal mode to get rid of the chances of a crash caused by slow throttle response. This special design is very suitable for aerobatic flight when quick throttle response is needed.

6. Timing：Low / Medium / High, default is Low.

Note2

Usually, low timing value can be used for most motors. We recommend the Low timing value for 2 poles motor and Medium timing value for motors with more than 6 poles to get a high efficiency. For higher speed, High timing value can be chosen.

Note2: After changing the timing setting, please test your RC model on ground prior to flight!

Special Note

Some high KV out-runner motors have very special construction, the space between each magnet is very large, an d many ESCs can’t drive these motors. After much testing, our ESCs have proven to work very well with these types of motors. Some RC enthusiasts still have several questions about the programming value for these special motors. Therefore, we have provided some suggestions as follo ws:

Programmable Value Suggestion

Motor

Timing Startup Mode

Generic in-runner motor Low Generic out-runner motor Low or Medium Align 420LF (Made in TAIWAN, out-runner) High (MUST)

Usually, aircraft use “Normal” startup mode and helicopter use “Super-soft” startup mode

450TH (Made in TAIWAN, out-runner) Low Soft (MUST)

Begin To Use Your New ESC Please start the ESC in the following sequences:

1. Move the throttle stick to the bottom position and the n switch on the transmitter.

2. Connect the b attery pack to the ESC, the ESC begins the self-test process, a special tone “ 123” is emitted, which means the

voltage of the battery pack is in normal range, and then N “beep” tones will be emitted, means the number of lithium battery cells. Finally a long “beep------” tone will be emitted, which means self-test is OK, the aircraft/helicopter is ready to go flying.  If nothing is happened, please check the battery pack and all the connections;

Receiver

Red

Black

Power -

Power +

Connect with balance

charge connector on

battery pack

brushless

motor

ESC

BATTERY

MOTOR

GUARD-25A

Electronic Speed Controller

BRUSHLESS MOTOR

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