Skyartec ESC User Manual

Page 1

Manual of Sensorless Brushless Motor Speed Controller

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:



Great innovation of

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

the discharge voltage of each lithium (Li-ion/Li-poly) cell in a battery pack. Don’t worry about the over d ischarg e problem aga in, your lithium battery pack will have a much longer life.



Extreme low output resistance, super current endurance.



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



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



Throttle range can be configured and is fully compatible with all transmitters currently available on market.



Smooth, linear and precise thr ottle response.



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



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



Our pocket-sized



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

Program Card

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

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

Specifications:

Pentium Series

Class Model Cont.

Current

Pentium-6 6A 8A Linear

10A

Pentium-10 10A 12A Linear Pentium-12 12A 15A Linear

12A

Pentium-12E 12A 15A Linear

18A

Pentium-18 18A 22A Linear Pentium-25 25A 35A Linear

25A

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

30A

Pentium-30 30A 40A Linear Pentium-40 40A 55A Linear

40A

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

60A

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

80A

Pentium-80-OPTO 80A 100A N/A

100A

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

Burst

Current

(>10s)

BEC

Mode

BEC

Output

5V/0.8 5V/1A 5V/1A 5V/2A 5V/2A 5V/2A

N/A 5V/2A 5V/3A

5V/3A

N/A

NiCd

Programm-

able

Li-ion

Li-poly

NiMH

2-3 5-9 Available N/A 6g 24*12*6 2-4 5-12 Available N/A 9g 27*17*6 2-4 5-12 Available N/A 12g 32*24*8 2-4 5-12 Available N/A 13g 32*24*10 2-4 5-12 Available N/A 19g 45*24*11 2-4 5-12 Available N/A 22g 45*24*11 2-4 5-12 Available N/A 21g 45*24*11 2-4 5-12 Available N/A 25g 45*24*11 2-5 5-15 Available N/A 33g 55*28*12

2-6 5-18 Available N/A 60g 70*31*14

2-6 5-18 Available N/A 62g 70*31*14 2-6 5-18 Available N/A 58g 70*31*13

Balance

Discharge

Protection

WeightBattery Cell User

, real time monitors

Size

L*W*H

Guard Series

Class Model Cont.

Current

18A Guard-18 18A 22A 25A Guard-25 25A 35A 30A Guard-30 30A 40A 40A Guard-40 40A 55A Switch 5V/3A 2-5 5-15 Available Available 40g 55*28*15 60A Guard-60 60A 80A Switch 5V/3A 2-6 5-18 Available Available 65g 70*31*14 80A Guard-80

80A 100A

Burst

Current

(>10s)

BEC

Mode

Linear Linear Linear

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

BEC

Output

5V/2A 2-4 5-12 Available Available 24g 5V/2A 2-4 5-12 Available Available 27g 45*26*12 5V/2A 2-4 5-12 Available Available 29g 45*26*12

Battery Cell User

Li-ion

Li-poly

NiMH

Programm-

NiCd

able

Balance

Discharge

Protection

Weight

Size

L*W*H

45*26*11

Combo Products

Class Model Cont.

Current

25A Pentium-25A + UBEC 25A 35A 30A Pentium-30A + UBEC 30A 40A

BEC Output Capability

Burst

Current

(>10s)

Switch Switch

Linear Mode BEC (5V/2A)

2S Li-Poly 3S L i-Poly 2S — 4S Li-Poly

Standard micro servos(Max.) 5 4

BEC

Mode

BEC

Output

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

Battery Cell

Li-ion

Li-poly

NiMH

NiCd

User

Programm-

able

4S Li-Poly 5S Li-Poly

Balance

Discharge

Protection

N/A N/A

IMPORTANT ! For ESC named “xxx-xxx-OPTO” or without 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 fo r reference.

Weight

29g 45*24*11(ESC) 32g 45*24*11(ESC)

Size

L*W*H

Switch Mode BE C (5V/3A )

5S Li-Poly

- 1 -

Page 2

Manual of Sensorless Brushless Motor Speed Controller

Wiring Diagram:

Connect with balance

charge connector on

battery pack

Receiver

Power +

Power -

Red

Black

BATTERY

ESC

GUARD-25A

Electronic Speed Controller

BRUSHLESS MOTOR

brushless

motor

MOTOR

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 with the balance charge connector on battery pack BEFORE connecting the main power lead to ESC. An d 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

Feature Explanation:

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

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

3. Low Voltage Protection Mode(Cut-Off Mode)： Soft Cut-Off (Gradually reduces the output power) or Cut-Off (Immediately stops 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 automaticall y. Low / medium / high cutoff voltag e for each cell is: 2.6V/2.85V/3.1V. For exam ple: For a 3 cell lithium pack, when medium cutoff voltage is set, the cut-off voltage will be: 2.85*3=8.55V.

2) For nickel batteries, low / medium / high c utoff voltages are 0%/45%/60% of the startup voltage (i.e. the initial voltage of battery pack), and 0% means low voltage cut-off function is disabled. For example: For a 10 cell NiMH battery, fully charged voltage is 1.44*10=14.4V, when “medium” cut-off voltage 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 in aerobatic flight.

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

Usually , low timing can be used for most motors. But for high efficiency , we recommend the Low timing for 2 poles motor and Medium timing for 6 poles and above. For higher speed, High timing can be chosen.

Important! 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 ver y large, and 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 follows:

Programmable Value Suggestion

Timing Startup Mode

Motor

Generic in-runner motor Low Generic out-runner motor Low or Medium

Usually, aircraft use “normal” startup mode

and helicopter use “super-soft” startup mode Align 420LF (Made in TAIWAN, out-runner) High (MUST) 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 then switch on the transmitter.

2. Connect the battery 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, pleas e check the battery pack and all the connections;

- 2 -

Page 3

Manual of Sensorless Brushless Motor Speed Controller

 If a special tone “

because the throttle channel of your transmitter is reversed, please set it correctly;

 If the very rapid “beep-beep-, beep-beep-” tones is emitted, means the input voltage is too low or too high, please check your

battery’s voltage.

3. “VERY IMPORTANT!” Because different transmitter has different throttle range, we strongly suggest you using the “Throttle Range Setting Function” to calibrate throttle range. Please read the instruction on page 4------“Throttle Range Setting”.

Alert Tone

1. Input voltage is abnormal: The ESC begins to check the voltage when the battery pack is connected, if the voltage is not in the acceptable range, such an alert tone will be emitted: “beep-beep-, beep-beep-,beep-beep-” (Every “beep-beep-” has a time interval of about 1 second. )

2. Throttle signal is abnormal: When the ESC can’t detect the normal throttle signal, such an alert tone will be emitted: “beep-, beep-, beep-”. (Every “beep-” has a time interval of about 2 seconds)

3. Throttle stick is not in the bottom position: When the throttle stick is not in bottom (lowest) position, a very rapid alert tone will be emitted: “beep-, beep-, beep-”. (Every “beep-” has a time interval of about 0.25 second.)

Protection Function

1. Start up protection: If the motor fails to start within 2 seconds of throttle application, the ESC will cut-off the output power. In this case, the throttle stick MUST be moved to the bottom again to restart the motor. (Such a situation happens in the following cases: The connection between ESC and motor is not reliable, the propeller or the motor is blocked, the gearbox is damaged, etc.)

2. Over-heat protection: When the temperature of the ESC is over 110℃, the ESC will reduce the output power.

3. Throttle signal loss protection: The ESC will reduce the output power if throttle signal is lost for 1 second, further loss for 2 seconds will cause its output to be cut-off completely.

Program example

Setting “Start Mode” to “Super-Soft”, i.e. value #3 in the programmable item #5

1. Enter Program Mode

Switch on transmitter, move throttle stick to top position, connect battery pack to ESC, wait for 2 seconds, “beep-beep” tone should be emitted. Then wait another 5 seconds, special tone like “

2. Select Programmable Items

Now you’ll hear 8 tones in loop. When a long “beep------” tone is emitted, move throttle stick to bottom to enter the “Start Mode”

3. Set Item Value (Programmable Value)

“Beep-”, wait for 3 seconds; “Beep-beep-”, wait for another 3 seconds; then you’ll hear “beep-beep-beep”, move throttle stick to top position, then a special tone “

4. Exit Program Mode

After the special tone “

Trouble Shooting

Trouble Possible Reason Action

After power on, motor does not work, no sound is emitted After power on, motor does not work, such an alert tone is emitted: “beep-beep-, beep-beep-,beep-beep-” (Every “beep-beep-” has a time interval of about 1 second) After power on, motor does not work, such an alert tone is emitted: “beep-, beep-, beep- ”(Every “beep-” has a time interval of about 2 seconds) After power on, motor does not work, such a alert tone is emitted: “beep-, beep-, beep-” (Every “beep-” has a time interval of about 0.25 second) After power on, motor does not work, a special tone “ beep tone (beep-beep-) The motor runs in the opposite direction The connection between ESC and

The motor stop running while in working state

Random stop or restart or irregular working state

” is emitted after 2

” is emitted after 2 beep tones (“beep-beep-”), means the ESC has entered the program mode, it is

” should be emitted, which means program mode is entered.

” is emitted, now you have set the “Start Mode” item to the value of “Super-Soft”

”, move throttle stick to bottom within 2 seconds.

The connection between battery pack and ESC is not correct Input voltage is wrong, too high or too low. The balance charge connector is not located properly in BDMP adapter. Throttle signal is irregular Check the receiver and transmitter

The throttle stick is not in the bottom( lowest) position

Direction of the throttle channel is reversed, so the ESC has entered the program mode

the motor need to be changed. Throttle signal is lost Check the receiver and transmitter

ESC has entered Low Voltage Protection mode Some Connections are not reliable Check all the connections: battery pack connection,

There is strong Electro - Magnetic interference in flying field.

Check the power connection. Replace the connector. Check the voltage of battery pack

Check the connection of the balance charge connector and the BDMP adapter.

Check the cable of throttle channel

Move the throttle stick to bottom

Set the direction of throttle channel correctly

Swap any two wire connections between ESC and motor

Check the cable of throttle channel Land RC model as soon as possible, and then replace the battery pack

throttle signal cable, motor connections, etc. Reset the ESC to resume normal operation. If the

function could not resume, you might need to move to another area to fly.

- 3 -

Page 4

Manual of Sensorless Brushless Motor Speed Controller

Normal startup procedure:

Move throttle stick to bottom and then switch on transmitte

Throttle range setting: (Throttle range should be reset whenever a new transmitter is being used)

Switch on transmitter, move throttle stick to top

Program the ESC with your transmitter (4 Steps):

1. Enter program mode

2. Select programmable items

3. Set item’s value (Programmable value)

4. Exit program mode

1. Enter program mode

1) Switch on transmitter, move throttle stick to top , connect the battery pack to ESC

2) Wait for 2 seconds, the motor should emit special tone like “beep-beep-”

3) Wait for another 5 seconds, special tone like “ program mode is entered

Connect battery pack to ESC, special tone like “

123” means

power supply is OK

Connect battery pack to ESC, and wait for about 2 seconds

” should be emitted, which means

Several “beep-” tones should be emitted, presenting the number of lithium battery cells

“Beep-Beep-” tone should be emitted, means throttle range highest point has been correctly confirmed

When self-test is finished, a long “beep-----”tone should be emitted

Move throttle stick to the bottom, several “beep-” tones should be emitted, presenting the number of battery cells

2. Select programmable items:

After entering program mode, you will hear 8 tones in a loop in the following sequence. If you move the throttle stick to bottom within 3 seconds after one kind of tones, this item will be selected.

1. “beep” brake (1 short tone)

2. “beep-beep-” battery type (2 short tone)

3. “beep-beep-beep-” cutoff mode (3 short tone)

4. “beep-beep-beep-beep-” cutoff threshold (4 short tone)

5. “beep-----” startup mode (1 long tone)

6. “beep-----beep-” timing (1 long 1 short)

7. “beep-----beep-beep-” set all to default (1 long 2 short)

8. “beep-----beep-----” exit (2 long tone)

Note: 1 long “beep-----” = 5 short “beep-”

Move throttle stick upwards to go flying

A long “Beep-” tone should be emitted, means throttle range lowest point has been correctly confirmed

3. Set item value (Programmable value):

You will hear several tones in loop. Set the value matching to a tone by moving throttle stick to top when you hear the tone, then a special tone “ and saved. (Keeping the throttle stick at top, you will go back to step 2 and you can select other items; Moving the stick to bottom within 2 seconds will exit program mode directly)

” emits, means the value is set

Tones

Items

“beep-”

1 short tone

“beep-beep-” 2 short tones

“beep-beep-beep”

3 short tones Brake Battery type Cutoff mode

Off On

Li-ion / Li-poly NiMH / NiCd

Soft-Cut Cut-Off

Cutoff threshold Start mode Timing

Low Medium High

Normal Soft Super soft

Low Medium High

4. Exit program mode

There are 2 ways to exit program mode:

1. In step 3, after special tone “ move throttle stick to the bottom position within 2 seconds.

”, please

2. In step 2, after tone

“beep-----beep-----”(ie. The item #8), move throttle stick to bottom within 3 seconds.

- 4 -