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Old 08-15-2013, 12:06 AM   #254
Grantmac
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Originally Posted by Calum View Post
Grant, the problem is what do you adjust on the ESC in order to control it without loosing a ton of electrical power to heat? If this was an AC device it would be easier. A switching power supply might be possible, but it would be huge. Anything else I can think of would just throw too much heat and be too much of a drain.
It's a brushless motor, the controllers are extremely efficient even at part throttle.

neutron256:
I'm all about commercial off the shelf hardware. So having something like the Maestro which is already configured to accept 0-5v inputs and control servos is very appealing. The question is whether it's code is strong enough for closed-loop boost control.
For my particular set-up I'm likely to be using MS3 in a parallel install for STR rules (MX-5, I'm just here for the e-charge). So I might be able to use it's native boost control to drive the Maestro as a 0-5v output.

-Grant
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