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Rap tor SL IM-4 0A
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2-4 S
9.1 g
170 -330 Mu lti
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02 S pec ific ati ons
01 M ain f eat ure s
03 W iri ng di agr am
04 P rog ram min g param ete r
05 B eep s-N orm al oper ati on
06 B eep s - Thr ott le ca lib ratio n
07 Attention
User Manual
Multi-Rotor Brushless ESC
Thank yo u for using o ur produc t. A ny Imprope r operati on may cause person al injury d amage to the
produc t and rela ted e quipment s. Th is hi gh po wer s ystem for RC model can be d angerous ,we stron gly
recomm end readin g the user manu al careful ly and compl etely. We will no t assume any re sponsibi lity for any
losses ca used by unauthor ized modifica tions to our produ ct. We h ave the right to chang e t he d esign,
appear ance, perf ormance and u sage requi rements of t he product wi thout noti ce.
● EF M8BB 21F1 6G MCU , pipe lined 8 -bit C8 051 cor e with 50 M Hz max imum op erati ng freq uency.
● Ded icate d high fr equen cy driv er, mak es the st art mor e smoot h. ESC m aximu m speed i s 500k e RPM.
● BL Heli- S firmwa re is des igned f or supe rior pe rform ance in m ultir otors , and use s hardw are gen erate d motor
pwm fo r smoot h throt tle res ponse a nd sile nt oper ation .
● Dam ped lig ht does r egene rativ e braki ng, cau sing ve ry fast m otor re tarda tion, a nd inhe rentl y also do es acti ve
free wheel ing.
● Sup ports h igher K V moto r and mor e power l oad, mo re suit able fo r viole nt fligh t of raci ng dron e .
● The co de sup ports re gula r 1-2ms p ulse wi dth PW M input , as well a s Onesh ot and Mu ltsho t . The inp ut sign al is
auto matic ally de tecte d by the E SC upo n power u p.
● Sup ports D shot1 50, Dsh ot300 a nd Dsho t600. Dshot i s digit al sign al, ant i-int erfer ence ab ility i s stron ger, and
do not n eed thr ottle c alibr ation .
● The si lico ne twis ted-p air of the t hrott le sign al cabl e incr ease th e servi ce life ,and eff ectiv ely red uces th e cross talk ca used by s ignal t ransm issio n,
and ma kes flig ht more s table .
Con. Curre nt
(be well-c ooled )
Bur st Curre nt
(10 S)
Size
(For reference)
Weight
(For refer ence)
LiP o cells
Typical Applications
(For reference)
Mod el
*Ra ptor S LIM is u sing th e BL Heli- S firmwa re; Ple ase con tact Fl ycolo r for mor e infor matio n.C-H -40
*Plea se ensure a ll solde r joints ar e insulat ed with he at shrink w here nece ssary.
*All p ictur es are fo r refer ence on ly
1. Sta rtup po wer:
Star tup pow er can be s et to rel ative v alues f rom 0.0 31 to 1.5 . This is t he maxi mum pow er that i s allow ed duri ng star tup. Act ual app lied po wer
depe nds on th rottl e input , and can b e lower, b ut the mi nimu m level i s a quart er of the ma ximum l evel. S tartu p power a lso affe cts bid irect iona l
oper ation , as the pa ramet er is use d to limi t the pow er appl ied dur ing di recti on reve rsal. Fo r low rpm s, the ma ximum p ower to t he moto r is limi ted,
in ord er to fac ilita te dete ction o f low BE MF vo ltage s. The ma ximum p ower al lowed c an be set v ia the st artup p ower pa ramet er.
2. Mot or timi ng:
Comm utati on timi ng can be s et to low /medi umlow /medi um/me diumh igh/ high, th at corr espon d to 0°/7.5°/ 15°/22. 5°/30° tim ing adv ance.
Typic ally a me dium se tting w ill wor k fine, bu t if the mo tor stu tters i t can be be nefici al to cha nge tim ing. So me moto rs with h igh ind uctan ce can ha ve
a very l ong com mutat ion dem agnet izati on time . This ca n resul t in moto r stop or s tutte r upon qu ick thr ottle i ncrea se, par ticul arly wh en runn ing at a
low rp m. Sett ing tim ing to hi gh will a llow m ore time f or dema gnet izati on, and o ften he lps.
3. De mag com pensa tion:
Dema g compe nsati on is a fea ture to p rotec t from mo tor sta lls cau sed by lo ng wind ing dem agnet izati on time a fter co mmuta tion. T he typi cal
symp tom is mo tor sto p or stut ter upo n quick t hrott le incr ease, p artic ularl y when ru nning a t a low rpm . As menti oned ab ove, se tting h igh
comm utati on timi ng norm ally he lps, bu t at the co st of effic iency. Gener ally, a hi gher va lue of th e compe nsati on para meter g ives be tter pr otect ion.
If dem ag comp ensat ion is se t too hig h, maxi mum pow er can be s omewh at redu ced.
4. Mot or dire ction :
Rota tion di recti on can be s et to fwd /rev/ bidir ectio nal fwd /bidi recti onal re v. In bidi recti onal mo de, cen ter thr ottle i s zero an d above i s fwd rot ation
and be low is re verse r otati on. Whe n bidi rectio nal op erati on is sel ected , progr ammin g by TX is di sable d.
Sta rtup Bee p Volume Set s the str ength o f beeps u nder no rmal op erati on.5. :
Bea con/Si gnal Vol ume 6. :
Sets t he stre ngth of b eeps wh en beep ing bea con bee ps. The E SC wi ll star t beepi ng beac on beep s if the th rottl e signa l has bee n zero fo r a given
time . Note th at sett ing a hig h beaco n stren gth can c ause ho t motor s or ES Cs!
Pro gramm ing par amete rs belo w can be ac cesse d from th e config urati on soft ware (B LHe liSui te):
7. Bea con de lay: Bea con de lay set s the dela y befor e beac on beep ing sta rts.
: If dis abled , throt tle cal ibrat ion is di sable d. 8. Pro gramm ing by T X
Plea se noti ce that t hrott le stic k can cal ibrat e throt tle ran ge only, a nd can no t progr ammin g param enter v ia thro ttle st ick .
9. Min t hrott le, max t hrott le and ce nter th rottl e:
Thes e setti ngs set t he thro ttle ra nge of th e ESC . Cente r throt tle is on ly used f or bidi recti onal op erati on. The v alues g iven fo r these s ettin gs are fo r
a norm al 1000 us to 200 0us in put sig nal, an d for the o ther in put sig nals, th e valu es must be s caled .
10. Therma l prote ction :
Ther mal pro tecti on can be e nable d or disa bled. An d the tem perat ure thr eshol d can be pr ogram med bet ween 80°C a nd 140°C(fr om rev1 6.3).
The E SC mea sures t emper ature w ithin t he MC U and lim its mot or powe r if the te mpera ture is t oo high . Motor p ower is l imite d in four s teps:
- If the t emper ature i s above t hresh old , mot or powe r is limi ted to 75 %.
- If the t emper ature i s above t hresh old 5°C, mo tor pow er is lim ited to 5 0%.
- If the t emper ature i s above t hresh old 10°C, m otor po wer is li mited t o 25%.
- If the t emper ature i s above t hresh old 15°C, m otor po wer is li mited t o 0%.
11.Lo w RPM p ower pr otect :
Powe r limit ing for l ow RP Ms can be e nable d or disa bled. D isabl ing it ca n be nece ssary i n order t o achie ve full p ower on s ome low k V motor s
runn ing on a l ow supp ly volt age. Ho wever, d isabl ing it in creas es the ri sk of syn c loss, w ith the p ossib ility o f toasti ng moto r or ES C.
12. Brake on s top:
Brak e on stop c an be ena bled o r disab led. Wh en enab led, br ake wil l be appl ied whe n throt tle is ze ro. For n onzer o throt tle, th is setti ng has n o effect .
1. Po wer up:
2.T hrott le sign al dete cted
(ar ming se quenc e start) :
OK
Once
Once
3.Z ero thr ottle d etect ed
(arm ing se quenc e end):
Once
4.A fter th is, the
moto r will ru n.
ATTENTION
1.P ower up :
2.T hrott le sign al dete cted
(arm ing se quenc e start) :
Once
3.Wh en thro ttle is a bove mi dstic k
(me asuri ng max th rottle ):
4.If th rottle is abo ve midstic k for 3 seconds :
Thi s beep se quenc e indic ates th at max
thro ttle ha s been st ored
Once
While
measuring
5.W hen thr ottle i s below m idsti ck
(me asuri ng min th rottle ):
While
measuring
6.If th rottle is be low midsti ck for 3 secon ds:
Thi s beep se quenc e indic ates th at min
thro ttle ha s been st ored.
Once
Com plete
7.T hrott le cali brati on is com plete .
Afte r this, t he moto r will ru n.
Once
Exa mple:
Hig hest ton e
Low est tone
Sho rt beep
Lon g beep
1.T hrott le cali brati on will b e more si mple if
usin g Fligh t Contr oller C onfigu rator.
2.W hen the i nput si gnal is D shot, t hrott le
cali brati on is dis abled , and the t hrott le
cali brati on valu es are ig nored .
● Afte r the ES C conn ected t o the flig ht syst em, it wi ll auto matic ally de tect th e input t hrott le sign als eve ry time i t power ed on, an d then ex ecute t he
corr espon ding si gnal -rece iving m ode.
● Use r need to c alibr ate the t hrottl e range w hen sta rting t o use a new ESC or a nothe r trans mitte r. When th e input s ignal i s Dshot , throt tle cal ibrat ion
is dis abled .
● Whe n some ab norma lity oc curs in E SC dri ving th e motor o r need th e motor t o reach a h igher RPM, u ser can t ry to cha nge the t iming .
● Ple ase con tact Fly colo r sales or t echni cal sup port fo r more in forma tion.
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