What is a brushless ESC, really? Well, generally, it’s usually a microcontroller with a whole lot of power transistors hanging off it to drive three phases of brushless motor coils. [Frank Zhao] ...

For electric and remote control vehicles – from quadcopters to electric longboards – the brains of the outfit is the Electronic Speed Controller (ESC). The ESC is just a device that drives a brushless ...

One of the sessions I'm really looking forward to at the forthcoming Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) in Minneapolis, MN, November 4-5, 2015, is the Awesome Arduino Show & Tell. Since this session is ...

Launching the latest innovations with the Velocity HS ESC, Currawong is continuing to service the ever more demanding market of commercial UAVs. The release of the HS marks the third instalment in ...

A teacher I know is stuck, with only npn transistors in the supply cupboard and the need to create a reversible motor drive for an Arduino project. Reversing ‘bridges’ have four switches (relay ...