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BLHeli for brushless ESC firmware
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Continuous operation #211

Open PeeceeDK opened 7 years ago

PeeceeDK commented 7 years ago

Hi there!

Not necessarily an issue, but better safe than sorry. Is the BLHeli or BLHeli_S capable of running continuously - i.e. from a powersupply? I'm thinking if any timers/counters overflows, etc. Is it possible to program an unused GPIO pin to eRPM though PFM?

mikeller commented 7 years ago

@PeeceeDK: Fyi: KISS 24A ESCs support eRPM feedback out of the box.

tracernz commented 7 years ago

Original BLHeli can output eRPM on a GPIO (and some targets do by default), not sure about _S. KISS is a bit more complicated than GPIO pulses (ironic :stuck_out_tongue: ).

PeeceeDK commented 7 years ago

I'm looking for a 6s version (stable 24V operation), making the KISS ESC not an option. So far i've been using the FVT Littlebee BLHeli_S 30A.

Can anyone tell me if it capable of running continuously? So far i've ran the ESC for ~3h without issues, but it's just recently i've begun to measure the RPM.