Just got a ESC from TBS that I am trying to setup for use in my Rover. Plan is to run 4 (one for each motor) and using PWM. I just tested my setup with my old ESC (already programmed) for another project and know the motor works and Cubepilot was setup correctly for PWM. But when I connected to the TBS, nothing. No sounds or anything when I apply power. I am rather new to this all, more of a hardware tech guy working on things, not so much doing the setup. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
That’s the one. I tried those processes before with the Ark 4-1 ESC but had some issues also. I’ll try it again with this one, just need to figure out wiring since right now I only have gnd and pwm wired.
Yes there is battery voltage applied to the ESC, and motor is connected (and tested good with my other ESC from a different project). I have PWM and GND wired up to my servo rail as well.
Typically, if you apply power to an ESC/motor you should hear at least some kind of tone. The tone will depend on what data/pwm signal the ESC is getting or not getting. So if you’re not getting any noise or life from the ESC/motor when you apply power it’s either a wiring issue, power issue, or the ESC itself is at fault. And reading your posts again, I’m starting to think it’s the ESC.
Couldnt find my multimeter (co worker had it haha), so was checking with a voltage checker and getting power to the CAP installed, but the motor output is pulsing very slowly and barely lighting the light. which had me thinking thats why I wouldnt hear anything since not much power was getting thru the board.
It’s basically 3-phase ac going to the motor so a voltage checker (assuming a light on a test lead) might give you misleading results on the ESC outputs.
It is, was just using it to see if anything was going thru the board. Part of me wonders if it would just be easier to get a different FC for programming purposes since it seems the cubepilot sometimes has issues with pass-thru.