Inexpensive Hoverboard Motor Controller

Here is a quick video on how to use the new version of the RioRand brushless DC motor controller. I show some of the differences between this new version and the old version. I also connect a logic analyzer to measure some of the signals coming off the board. Check it out.
For more information on this board check out my blog post here:
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For the speed calculations formulas go here:
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[@saleycole4296]

Absolutely great video! I am a mechatronics engineering final year student, and I am using 4 of these hoverboard wheels and drivers for my final project. I'm building a Robotic seed planter. This video just cleared up a lot of stuff, there seems to be limited info online about its working principle. I'll definitely check the blog for those calculations. Thank you very much!!

[@jackrenders8937]

hy, how did your seed planter project go? I am also interested in this kind off stuff

[@saleycole4296]

@@jackrenders8937 It went quite well actually. Most of the issues we had were from the code and circuitry. Besides that, it was great.

[@jimjeremiah3388]

Great tutorial. Just got it working on the bench. Note for others: If you are wondering "what do I do with the blue wire on the hall wire bundle coming from the motor? it's not working!" then you have it plugged in wrong. Phase A, B, and C's colors on the big wires match the colors on the little wires of the hall wire bundle. So for me it was 'hall sensor cable white to hall bundle yellow, hull sensor cable yellow to hall bundle blue, and hull sensor cable green to hall bundle green'. If you look at Mad-EE's diagram (test-setup-schematic) on the website it will make sense.

[@1988trevor]

It's a incredibly awesome project. The controller is pretty cool and powerful!

[@adamhixon]

Funny timing. I watched your first video last week before ordering these new drivers and your new video came out about when my drivers got delivered.

[@mad-ee]

Nice, I hope the videos help!

[@DeerfishDistillery]

@@mad-ee can this controller control two motors at once?

[@Rt_domingo]

​@@DeerfishDistilleryno it can't. but u can use 2 of these to controll 2 motors at once.

[@rexated5148]

@@DeerfishDistilleryI’d get two controllers then pass them the same analog or pwm signal, that way the hall sensors can be used still. It would seem difficult to use two sets of inputs on this board, even if the motors could share an output signal from the boards.

[@RecreationalOverEngineering]

Thanks for the good introduction! Just one thing that I got stuck on when getting my RioRand up and running, which might help others: The pinout image describes the STOP pin as active low, so I connected it to an Arduino and set it to +5 V. But then the motor was stuck on full speed, regardless which duty cycle my PWM signal had. It seems that the STOP pin is connected to the analog input created from PWM and potentiometer, and one can indeed stop the motor by pulling it to ground, but it should be left unconnected not to disturb the PWM.

[@howardnisbet5227]

Thank you ! I’ve been trying to figure out the connections for the new zs-x11h v1 to a Hoverboard hub motor. Also trying to use a E-Bike Throttle Grip with key lock and voltage meter on it I think I can figure it out now thanks to you. Very well explained

[@mad-ee]

Glad it helped!

[@road_to_pro_racing]

Hey how do i put a throttle on it

[@maxkielbasa6079]

that's a great explanation of how my ebike controller works. Thanks!

[@terrylembke8100]

Thank you very much this intro , vido . I am new to this stuff , and having fun .

[@otomoov]

Great video! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Please make another video about the motor controller. With the speed controlled by PWM signal from an arduino. Thank you.

[@mad-ee]

I'm working on a new video now that shows some Arduino code to control the motor and read the motor speed... stay tuned.

[@mad-ee]

I haven't gotten to the video yet but I did make a blog post about it. Check it out here: mad-ee.com/controlling-a-hoverboard-motor-with-a-simple-arduino/

[@KnexRules8365]

@@mad-ee are you going to make a video? I'm still struggling getting PWM control to work. I have it all hooked up to an arduino which is receiving inputs from a Flysky FS-i6X

[@xxlalbatross3287]

I am a new follower of your channel Greetings from Sweden

[@murraymadness4674]

I've also used this controller for a hoverboard motor. I would give a warning however about using the brake. It creates a large voltage spike to the input source, and this blew up my r/c receiver. I've since discovered that all of the hoverboard motor controllers I have (I have 12 of them I think), all use the STM32V103 chip for the control. So I bought the STM32 dev board kit on amazon which includes the 1-wire programmer for the chip, and my plan is to recode the firmware in the chip to drive just the motor instead of all the hoverboard stuff. The stock controllers are more powerful than the rio board, some combine both motor controls into one board, others have one controller for each wheel. I need to trace out which pins do what on these boards, have not done it yet, but you might look into it.

[@kenhelix4494]

Great. Thanks for this posting. My aim is to use this silent motor for anything but hoverboarding.

[@kenhelix4494]

Hi, I now have 3 motors on the bench and each one has a fault: two turn but vibrate loudly and shake their mountings at low speeds, whilst the third is dynamically locked. CAN ANYONE shed some light on these symptoms as this is getting expensive! I am using the a same controller as in this informative video, with Hall Effect leads connected. Many thanks

[@tatermail1080]

If the motor makes horrible sound when powered. Switch the motor phase wires around til you have smooth operation

[@theeltea]

Very informative, loved the video!

[@jj74qformerlyjailbreak3]

Hey 👋 thank you. This is the most informative video about these controllers. Now if I could find one just like it for the B version. Thanks God Bless.

[@dronemaddness5148]

Your awesome!!! Now put it back together and let's ride😁👍

[@mad-ee]

I had to take the hoverboard apart so I wouldn't crash it anymore... it's safer that way.

[@antoinefroger4034]

YOU ARE A GOD. Thank you so much, this helped me save my project!

[@andruss2001]

Thanks! Good video! I like this step-by-step style

[@andyleer2112]

any reason why you wouldn't want to power the circuit on the phase side of things from a dedicated power supply and if so how many volts/amps would you program it for?

[@chriswf]

Man took me like half a day to get my wired up and working. So first, not all hoverboard motors are the same. VERY similar, direct drive, 3 phase, hall sensor motors. Direct drive scooter motors are similar. But the wiring is NOT the same. My 3 phase wires do not not go in the same spot as yours, Mad-EE. And obviously, my hall sensor wires aren't the same as yours. For those reading and what to do this yourself... You'll probably have to unscrew your hoverboard motor inner-side-panel. It's 8 little screws. Pop the panel off with a flathead screw driver or metal scraper. It probably has a bearing in it, so be careful. And work it up slowly around the wheel. On the side of the motor, facing up at you (hopefully) should be a hall sensor. It'll be C-ish or crescent moon shaped. It'll have 5+ wires on it. If there's more than 5, then 1 is probably a temperature or speed sensor, and you can ignore it. My 6th wire was white. If you look closely, the hall wire motors are probably labeled on the circuit board. Look carefully. They're small. Those letters should match the lettering on the hall plug pinout. Ground, C, B, A, and V+. The chances are that the Hall colors you match with A, B, and C, will match the motor's phase wires (A, B, and C). Hall - left to Right (C, B, A), Phase - up to down (A, B, C), I think. You can test with the onboard POT. But you can also send PWM signals from a raspberry pi. Like if you use a Pie's ground PIN, put it on the controller ground terminal on the right signal bar. And use another GPIO pin (like pin12), and connect that to the 5v signal terminal on the right bar. Then you can send it PWM signals through python... Like pwn.ChangeDutyCycle(100) (for 100hz frequency). Once you get to this part and it works -^ , you're ready to do ANYTHING! PS - This board REQUIRES you to use the hall sensor wires. I tried every configuration with the phase motors, and I couldn't get a signal down them without the hall sensor wires configured. Even a wrong configuration is enough to get the motor spinning, noisily :)

[@KnexRules8365]

Are you using the PWM input on the board? I can't seem to get mine to work.

[@chriswf]

@@KnexRules8365 I used various methods to control it. Pwm from a raspberry pi. Pot. And 5v. It's probably the hall wiring. Keep rotating the hall wires along with the 3 phase power wires. Usually the hall wires and power wires are the same color.

[@KnexRules8365]

@@chriswf The weird part is that I had everything working previously with potentiometer control and it was fine. I suppose it's still possible it won't work unless the wiring is 100% correct, but I'll probably just have to keep messing around until i figure something else out.

[@redrighthandarts]

How does one go about hooking that up to a radio control?

[@polymexdf69]

Hi thanks for your video excellent explanation my question is I have a Electric E Scooter Bike 12v 24v 36V 48v TWIST THROTTLE Gri... and 36V/48V 350W Electric Bicycle E-bike Scooter Brushless DC Motor Controller how do I connect them to make my motor work and what battery voltage should I use I made it work once for a project. I can remember how help please thanks

[@BCreativeDIY]

Great video! I'm curious what applications you plan to make with this engine. I wish you inspiration and time to grow your channel.

[@ch2o2]

Interesting, thanks ..but question: where exactly does the motor get the information about how fast the wheel is turning? It probably calculates this using the signal frequency of one of the Hall sensors (a separate tacho generator is usually not installed). If I were to send the pulses from all 3 sensors via 3 separate frequency dividers (i.e. only after 2 pulses would one be switched to ground), could I trick the controller and would it then increase (or double) its speed limit or would the interaction of the MOSFETs cause confusion? ..right, I just want more speed for my small but nice scooter ,)

[@emoneydev8684]

On mine the break and stop function works but it won’t rotate. Do you have an idea of what might be wrong? I’m using hoverboard wheels from a swagatron hoverboard. Currently running on 18v drill batt

[@OnnieKoski]

Great video. I’m working on an electric skateboard using 4 of these and an Arduino. One thing is, the wheels all want to spin in the same direction of the shaft. So being able to make the board go forward and reverse is a bit tricky

[@omara876]

Hi, you need a fix frame to support and prevent the shaft from rotating, then the wheels can rotate in a controlled manner

[@chriswf]

I believe the "DIR" input on this board is forward/reversible.

[@philipardvall1968]

Do any know the manufacturer of this board? Have probably ordered 6 of these and they last a little time before they behave funky, also tried to hook up a RC reciver which lit up but couldn’t control the motors and then it was roast

[@matthewjensen6380]

Can this board go on an electric scooter?

[@dabocket]

idk ask chat gpt to make a code

[@NORAYRGEVORGYAN-h7c]

hello dear friend . how can i connected hall senssorless motor on zs-x1d1 or zs-x11H senssored bldc driver thank you

[@MegaMarcuscooper]

What would the next step be to add remote control to this system? Something like a FLYSKY FS-i6X remote control, or would it need something additional like an arduino or something? Love the video btw looking forward to seeing more from this channel!

[@carlainsley9551]

Hi , me too i try to add FlySky FS-6x remote control i use jump cable for pwm signal but the result is not correct, do you find more information on wiring, less arduino connection .

[@infinite7z13b]

Doing some research, seems the only option is using an arduino to change the rc pwm to one that this controller wants. I'm hoping I can find a better "off the shelf" option though

[@chriswf]

From what I can tell, you have to use an arduino and read the spacing of the RC servo signals. Which is kind of lame :( From there you'll use the arduino/PI's PWM signals (which this board does read)

[@KnexRules8365]

@@chriswf Have you tried this yourself? I'm working on it right now, and for some reason the motors aren't doing anything. I have even tried copying his code from the guide on his website, and nothing works. I've jumped the J1 spot to enable PWM control and wired everything up right but still no luck. And now the weird part is, even my pot control doesn't work anymore. I'm not sure how I could've fried anything since I've triple checked my wiring and pin ins/outs and everything is right

[@jaimereynoso4968]

Any luck with hooking it up with an rc receiver? Like a Flysky

[@jonk8337]

Thanks for your video. Do these hoverboard motors have enough torque to mate with a hand winch for small jobs? Say 500lb?

[@error346]

Hello from Spain, this video is a great explanation about how the controller and motor works. I'm trying to manage 2 motos each one with a controller, the system seems to work correctly but when one or both motors get overloaded (small holes on the ground or some resistance on motors), the Arduino board get frozen keeping the last pum value on each motor so the robot is no more manageable and I need to reset the board... do you could know why that could be produced?

[@TecSanento]

does the active breaking just short the motor coils or does it backfeed into the battery ?

[@rverm1000]

i got the hover board working but its noisy. At first it hummed. i switch motors phases and it started running. now im wondering it the hall sensors are out of phase. the riorand has hall sensors colors, green ,black, red, yellow, white. the motor hall sensor colors are green ,black, red, yellow, white. so the differences are white and blue which got connected together because that's what's left. maybe that;s the way it is. igot to take current reading and see if something is off. have you created a schematic

[@Silexfox]

I’m a pretty new to this kind of stuff but On the brake switch input would it be possible to run a potentiometer for a more controlled braking application.

[@pavletrnic1433]

Can the brake be used with a potentiometer, or is it only ON/OFF?

[@walle1976]

Is the break regenerative breaking? If not how would one go about to get regenerative breaking working?

[@barryfisch8268]

Perhaps there is another thread about this, so excuse the question if so... Throttle output at rest is .84v. I understand that that is normal and the motor should start turning after 1.25v. Mine is turning at rest and the speed pot is all the way minimized. Any suggestions?

[@JaredReabow]

does this support field weakening?

[@maczubel]

Thank you for this grear video!, I have a question: It's possible to make a regenerative braking circuit from the back EMF derived in the brake??

[@alibal9810]

can it be used to do a rc connection? thankss

[@whitneydesignlabs8738]

Very cool. I have two hoverboards for parts projects. The first one is not the standard hoverboard motherboard and runs at 24v. The second one, is the standard motherboard at 36v. With the second one, I tried the STM32 programming hack, but could not connect. No chance of doing the hack on the non-standard motherboard. Since I have a total of 4 motors, this lead me on a quest to find an alternative driver. Thanks very much for your video! This may be the approach I take in my project(s).

[@whitneydesignlabs8738]

Update: I now have 3 Hoverboards for parts. (6 motors). Just received a pair of the RioRand hall-less controllers in the mail from Amazon today. I look forward to some experimentation.

[@jtx5868]

​@@whitneydesignlabs8738 how you make the 2 different wheels turn in same direction

[@whitneydesignlabs8738]

@@jtx5868 I have stopped trying to use the hoverboard mother boards. I now use the Riorand controllers with hall effect sensors. They work great. Lots of info about them on the web. I am working on a 3wd trike, now.

[@jtx5868]

@@whitneydesignlabs8738 do you use controller like they in this video ?

[@jtx5868]

@@whitneydesignlabs8738 how you reverse the direction of motor ?

[@azertaieb442]

Great .....what about torque ? It's generat a enough torque to mouving a some vehicule ?

[@HFLC]

Fyi, it's probably my setting,, but your Amazon link does not open my Amazon app directly on my phone. It opens up a web version of where I need to log in.

[@coolify2torras113]

Hello, I bought an XS-X11H circuit to control a brushless motor and did the same as the picture above to supply 24v power, but no, the motor just jerked once and then stood still. Do I need to press the two Jumper points to start the engine? I took an electric car control circuit to test and the motor still runs fine, so the main XS-X11H has a problem. I use this circuit to replace the Boneco H300 air purifier

[@benburger2148]

Hi there...awesome explanation of the board mate!! I was wondering, seeing you have a huge amount of understanding this controller board, what would you think if I want to over clock it with higher voltage to say 125 volt and therefore changing the Mosfets values as well the caps...My need is not so much torque....just speed and thus to adjust the input voltage...Hope to hear from you. Friendly regards mate!!

[@joegaboury4586]

What type of external throttle would you use for a go kart project. I tried an e-bike thumb throttle 3 wire potentiometer but it didn’t work because at no throttle the wheel was still turning and at full throttle was less than full throttle manually with the board control.

[@kevinroberts781]

I'm making a beach cart from hoverboard wheels/motors. Would this be robust enough to power it? 2 motors on the back and a throttle to speed up and slow down. It will be in sand so no brake. Could this do it? Im using big tires so it doesn't sink down.

[@markkevin7245]

Can u just connect this upto a rc transmitter and control forwards and backwards with rc controller ? Thanks

[@The_BadPiggies_Engineer]

How would one use two of these together

[@Hungrymunchey]

Is it possible for that motor to go 30kmph?

[@mahlonkarpaiya252]

Could this control 2 motors. ?

[@omara876]

Hi Very detailed video, thanks. Can you recommend a dual motor controller for these BLDC motors, thanks

[@oleggrigorief4848]

Does anybody know what indicates LED on the board?

[@pol_khol____6405]

Seeking your response, How it is possible that a 36 volt 4AH battery, (which is only 144 watts/hr,) easily drives 2×250 watt=500 watts of Hoover board motors ? I need to know the logic,so please do reply, Thanks

[@Rt_domingo]

Easy the discharge rate of the battery is comonly around 15-20ah since this uses 18650 cells

[@PeterTan-yf6fg]

It's not 144 watts/hour, but 144 Watt-hour. Meaning, it'll run a 1 watt load for 144 hours, or 144 watt load for 1 hour, or 0.5 watt for 288 hours, or 0.1 watt for 1440 hours or ... So for the 2 motors running at full load, it'll run for roughly 17 minutes.

[@Hennesii]

Hi! So I made the wheels work with the small blue potentiometer, but I want to use a remote control. Where do I plug the 3 wires for the Remote control to work? the red/yellow/black wires. pls help

[@KnexRules8365]

You need an arduino or raspberry pi to convert the PWM signals

[@joegaboury4586]

Can you recommend an external speed controller. I’ve tried a few different things including an e bike throttle but it’s not working.

[@XECUTA2]

hi can you show us how you would connect this up to a rc please?

[@pxl666]

nice . but why there is no throttle input ? it's hard to put this to practical use like scooter motor controller ...

[@joelstolarski2244]

Found two hoverboards that were partially disassembled on a a trash pile. Lucked out, one so far works , the other sparks when i connect battery . Are the wire colors standardized ? One is Hover-1 , and the other that doesn't work a Razor. Bought some square metal tubing to start adapting one motor to make ebike out of my beach cruiser bicycle. Finally got around to starting the build.

[@KnexRules8365]

those motor wires are not standard. I had to just keep switching my motor and hall sensor wires around until it worked

[@joelstolarski2244]

@@KnexRules8365 Bummer. I found some on Aliexpress, but that is just the worst site to get questions answered. I'm ordering a welder today so I can get the bracket made. Putting on beach cruiser, so it ended up complicated. Already printed replica of tubing in the dimension. Had to use a die cutter to make screws with die cutter. Trying to do a build using available hardware as much as possible on the cheap. Now shopping for el cheapo inverter welder. Airgas wanted $190 to refill 160 cuft oxy and 100 cuft acetylene tanks. Looking at Hitbox and hzxvogen inverters on ebay for stick. Can't afford $190 for tank refill.

[@the3dshack497]

Everything was working well, and then when i set the throttle to max , the board just powered off and now the vcc and gnd terminals are shorted, so whenever i connect the battery it just shorts, any idea why this happens?

[@murraymadness4674]

sounds like you blew up the mosfets

[@dumontrichard1491]

Hi, thank you for this ! I have a question, I try to test with a RC remote (Radiomaster TX16S and PWM receptor FS-IAB) but it's not work . Do you have an idea ? I made the same test With a Sabertooth ans DC motor with PWM and it's work. thank you

[@mahmoud84.5]

Hi 😊 can i control this with connect the pwm wire with an rc radiolink???please respond i search a lot on Internet and no result. Thanks on advance 💛

[@mahmoud84.5]

Awaiting your reply. Thank you

[@えーくっと]

Would you make an arduino addition too please?

[@gabrieljaramillocisneros2031]

I have a question, I try to build a RC lawn mover, I can use this controller? And it’s a way to use receiver for remote control?

[@zlatkoturcic3041]

I'm also interested in that. I managed to hack the motherboard (Firmware) of the Hoverboard, but I don't really like it. I'm using a FlySky I6x RC controller and it's not very secure. I'm afraid of mowing the neighbor's pepper, so I'd try these two motor controllers, but how do I connect them to the RC receiver? I would like help, I see in the comments that I am not the only one who is interested in this.

[@svoper3338]

Hello, i have mounted a 350w hoverboard motor on my bike. When i used the old hoverboard controller the motor was powerful enough to move the bike. But when i used this controller the motor can barely move the bike without a person sittingnon it. What is the problem?

[@trapsta205]

Not enough amperage In the motor controller. This isn't strong enough to tug you around on. Made for small projects. Go with ebike motor driver 72v

[@mugs500]

Did you work out the problem. These should be 16amps

[@svoper3338]

@@mugs500 yeah I bought an 1800w vevor motor and used that instead

[@mugs500]

@svoper3338 haha well that would do it.

[@038Rider]

Hello sir, you reckon this board can handle human weight or will it shut off? In trying to build a skateboard and making sure they dont burn or something else

[@KnexRules8365]

they'll handle anything. I have them powering hoverboard motors that are moving a shopping cart (sometimes with me in it) and haven't had a problem at all so far

[@Rt_domingo]

​@@KnexRules8365how long have you've been using it and how frequent?

[@antoinegpp]

Hey man. Really great video. I was wondering, do you know how the brake function really works on this board ? Is the energy dissipated in a resistor ? What technology is used ? I couldn't find any information on that anywhere. thanks :)

[@philipardvall1968]

Do any know the manufacturer of this board? Have probably ordered 6 of these and they last a little time before they behave funky, also tried to hook up a RC reciver which lit up but couldn’t control the motors and then it was roast

[@danam579]

Have you seen the project where that just upload code into the existing ESC?

[@runpuppyfpv5744]

So this board can convert a pwm signal and use it to control a brushless motor . That's actually pretty useful

[@FedericoMontesi]

Hello, What happens if you don't connect the hall sensor? Does the motor work anyway? Thanks

[@walle1976]

You can get the other controller without hall sensors (and it wont work as well probably). But using the board with hall sensors not connected will likely not work as they are used to give feedback when to pulse the 3 signal lines of the motor. With the sensorless version its probably like using a regular hobby esc but there are videos out there showing it does have issues when you stall the motor.

[@deepakkumaryadav24]

why this controller requires ENCODER pins? Does it impliments PID in background? can someone pls help me understand?

[@FlyWithSergio]

Hi! The motor is ready for all the power of the battery? Can be dangerous if I put 100% power for some minutes? Thanks!

[@swishpan]

Using it with hoverboard wheels, 22v lipo, but it’s very noisy! Any tips? I think the wiring is right, it does run full speed.

[@robertroigsantamaria]

maybe the hall sensors are not ABC but ACB or whatever

[@josephjojo756]

Sir, I have two BLDC hub motor of 24v. Is there any low cost controller available to control left-right direction and speed using a PS2 joystick?

[@TheRealFelixFN]

hey, I was wondering would it work with a 28 v lithium ion battery because I have had problems if you can respond thankyou.

[@caseyandtim]

For a much slower min/max speed, does another controller come to mind?

[@sabokalra241]

How come 36 volt 150 watt battery drive hooverboard of 2×350 watt motors ?

[@williammuff5485]

hes back!

[@williammuff5485]

Is there any difference in just sending a 0 cycle PWM signal (vs applying the "stop")? Kind of confused for the reason for this control... is it just like a bypass (when that's active) PWM control = irrelevant?

[@mad-ee]

@@williammuff5485 I was doing some testing on the STOP pin yesterday and found that it doesn't behave as I expected. It seems to have three states. Logic 0 disables the drive, Logic 1 turns the motor on full speed, floating allows for PWM/Analog control. I suggest just not using the STOP pin and do as you mentioned and just apply a low signal to the PWM pin to put the motor into a free spin mode.

[@williammuff5485]

@@mad-ee This isn't really as related to this comment, but i thought you might be able to help. I plan on using 36v battery-> 2 of these -> 5v output powering Arduino (pwm from Arduino sent to both controllers *reverse/brake too), but I'm not clear on how to make the device draw nothing on idle. Is there some type of circuit than than switch on and off based on a quick switch type of voltage? Should I just get some beefy ~30a switch wired post battery/pre motor controller's? I would ideally like a switch to have an LED, but that's a bit confusing as i feel like i need a switch capable of handling 36v (20-30a), but an LED that can take 5v. I'm just lost a bit and any help would be greatly appreciated.

[@mad-ee]

@@williammuff5485 probably simplest is just a switch that cuts power between the battery and the motor controller. As you mentioned you do need to have a switch that can handle the current. I haven't tried to measure how much current the motors actually draw, I'll try to do that sometime. On some switches that have the built in LED there are separate pins for the lamp. So you could feed in the 5V OUT signal from one of the motor controllers to the LED, you may need to put a resistor in series depending on the switch.

[@Billy18bm]

@@mad-ee after some research it sounds like an “anti spark” switch is what I need. I really don’t understand the naming. Some of them even have auto on/auto timeout shutoff features based on current draw

[@MKRCLabs]

Thanks

[@ManishPatel-fm2vq]

Can ydeoiou please make a video with attaching 2 controller to geather and how to wire both the motors to gather please.

[@JanJanJanJanJanJanJanJanJan2]

quick question: will the brake change its breaking power according to the analog signal too?

[@mugs500]

I am also wondering this

[@gunhappyclown]

Will this controller run 4 motors

[@alain8955]

Hi, I'm asking something....... On a scooter, with manual hydraulic brake Is it better to let the free wheel time with motor on (PWM=0)? or with STOP contact on (real freewheel)? And at braking time? same question?

[@charleyboy74]

Awesome video and just what i've been looking for, but QUESTION :). Can you hook up a 24v brushless ESC for RC to this board ?

[@calleranchero3212]

Hi Chris. Thanks for the great video! I am going down a similar rabbit hole and have watched this video a number of times. Is there any update on the Arduino Hoverboard video? Thanks

[@adesouza9352]

This module has power transistors?

[@chitibusu]

Do you think we can use the motor controllers already existing on the hoverboard board? To bypass the hoverboard uC brain? Thanks.

[@murraymadness4674]

Yes you can, it can be reprogrammed but the info online is minimal. You would need to trace which pins connect to the motor/hall

[@ZygmuntKiliszewski]

Hello Mad - EE, maybe try to build my new generation of four-phase Brushless Hybrid Fast - Rotation Motor? Preferably based on the Nema 23 standard stepper motor. Maybe you will also be able to construct a controller based on the Field Orient Control theory? I believe that it would not be difficult for you, such a new technical and electronic challenge. Best regards and congratulations on valuable educational programs 😀.

[@gunhappyclown]

Would a Milwaukee hand drill work to control the forwards reverse and go buttons??

[@gunhappyclown]

As long as the drill is brushless

[@ezza88ster]

That was great. No ''Tom-foolery', just the cold-facts-exact. Someone gave me some hoverboard wheels that I want to experiment with. Really useful - subbed. Thankyou. Any recommendations on good source for batteries to get? Wondering what the available torque is? Torque is key to some ideas that I have.

[@word2RG]

your web blog has a typo. "of coarse" should read "of course," of course.

[@caseytanner1932]

hello did you ever give the controller without hall sensors a go? I am in the process of building an e-bike with one of theses hub motors and the small controller woud fit great in my layout!

[@WIRE_RECON]

Thanks !!!!

[@Recalamidad]

Gracias por este extenso video donde explica con todo lujo de detalles el funcionamiento de este interesante controlador; magnifico trabajo. Lastima que al parecer Amazon no lo comercialice en España, me vendría muy bien para un proyecto que tengo entre manos. Un saludo.

[@runningwithscissors7715]

aliexpress lo venden AU$11.87

[@Recalamidad]

@@runningwithscissors7715 Muchas gracias por la información, un saludo.

[@Arne1998]

Probably a dumb question but you need two of these controllers to control two hoverboard wheels right?

[@zlatkoturcic3041]

Da .

[@TheOldKid]

Have you tried to run both motors to see how it would hold up under load? Im currently working on a project and normally im a buy once cry once person but since my project may be a dud im hesitant on purchasing a top quality controller

[@joelstolarski2244]

Same here, funny buy once cry once. Trying to avoid that on this project. The Greentime looks like best option now. Comes with esc and thumb drive. Aliexpress sucks for asking questions. I'm looking for a long range wifi deauther, diffrent project lol...and damn sellers just can't answer a simple question on aliexpress. Aggravating :(

[@TheOldKid]

@Joel Stolarski look into the esp32 microcontroller or others with wifi and Bluetooth. Don't know if it would work with your project but worth checking. They're super cheap

[@joelstolarski2244]

@@TheOldKid I'm looking at thise and something called the 433, can't remember exactly. So many on Aliexpress, but not sure how reliablel thaey are. Getting questions answered by sellers is almost impossible. Somewhat stalled, but going to figure it out eventually, thanks for the reply

[@recordtruth9488]

Can this controller use on 6374?

[@adesouza9352]

Could you do a test with rc control [radio control]?

[@mad-ee]

Yes, I plan to do a video on this but my time is limited. I hope to be able to post a couple videos around the Christmas holiday.

[@adesouza9352]

@@mad-ee Woww okay thanks

[@haikalyusuf4058]

hey there, just a question i've ordered these parts & they're on the way. i wanted to connect this to an arduino so i'll need to solder a connector for those 5 pins next to the hall sensors? i'm referring to @4:06 why can't i just pass a pwm signal into the analog control (0 - 5V)? pardon my ignorance, i'm a mechanical engineer, don't have much knowledge/experience in Electrical Engineering. hope you can clarify, cheers :)

[@KnexRules8365]

PWM stands for pulse width modulation. It's different than just applying voltage

[@Rt_domingo]

Were you able to make it work?

[@GoatZilla]

These are convenient if you have the motors but not the true hoverboard controllers (or you have one of the unsupported controllers). Kind of want to say they'd be most useful for extremely "dumb" projects. Otherwise the hoverboard controllers with open source firmware gets you all the controls and telemetry via serial protocol so it actually gets you a lot more. Don't have to write code converting/measuring analog signals and speeds, etc. Much easier to implement failsafes I think.