Speed Controllers

[razerdave]

Has removing the white connector changed the cost and the overall weight of the board ? I ask because I am looking to buy one or 2.

[peterwaller]

The weight of the unit is 8.5 gms but that now includes the battery wire and connector but overall with the motor connector and wires as well it has gone down from 11.2 to 10.7 gms.
The unit is now a couple of mm thinner at 32 x 32 x 10.5 mm and the cost is still £40 plus £2 P&P including the receiver, motor loom and bind link.

[peterwaller]

I have recently had a couple of enquires for more information on the controller I make and having looked through the thread I now realise how spread out and difficult to find it is so here goes at an attempt to clarify it.
First I only build them for people I know or meet at antweight event.
The controller includes the Lemon DSM2 compatible receiver and so the unit is only compatible with DSM2 transmitters such as DX6i, DX5e, MLP4DSM but not the DX6.
The unit is 32 x 32 x 10.5mm and weighs 8.5 gms including the power lead and connector with a further 2.2 gms for the motor loom which is supplied.
It has a 5v BEC capable of supplying up to 1.5A on two cells and drive / steering mixing is built in. This is elev/ail mixing so single stick operation on mode2 tranmitters and drive on the left and steering on the right on mode1.
There is a 4 pin connector for the third channel, the first 3 pins take a standard servo connector and the 4th pin sleeved in red brings out the full battery voltage for high voltage servos.
A standard 2 pin connector is available for the bind link and a link is supplied with each unit.
The motor drive is 2.4 Amps continuous on both outputs and the controller is rated for driving the following:
2 high power motors or 4 standard motors on two cells or two standard motors on three cells.
The units cost £40 + £2 P&P by Paypal only.
The picture below shows one unit as delivered and one with the motor loom and a servo plugged in.

[peterwaller]

As most of you know I got into building speed controllers almost by accident having made some for myself and then for other people by request until I got into it on a fairly regular basis.
Now there is a good local alternative which is also cheaper (NanoTwo) I feel it is a good time to stop so I shall not be offering controllers in the future.
If any one has a problem with an existing recent unit then they can still contact me for help but otherwise I am retiring from the controller game.

[razerdave]

I understand why you wish to quit making the boards but it's still a massive shame, the latest board is everything in one (mixing, DSM2 compatible, Voltage selectabilty for the servos) and would have been great for anyone starting off on a budget (Dx5e mixing, 'nuff said).

Thank you for all the help over the years with the controllers

[Shakey]

Just wanted to post my thanks for everything you've done to help out others with your speed controllers and myself All the controllers I've had from you have been truly great and have powered (and still do) a good deal of my robots!

[Rapidrory]

Having developed the NanoTwo, I entirely understand the effort involved in supplying ESCs, and for that you have my full respect sir! A lot more work goes into putting them together by hand than people often realize. I can imagine after a few years of doing it, I'd want to retire too

Dave, as far as loosing the combined unit, I'm planning to release my own combined unit hopefully by the end of the week as it happens, so hopefully the range of products available isn't impacted for too long

[peterwaller]

Apart from all the effort the design of my controller and software are now 5 years old.
Although I have altered the layouts and connections the basic design has remained unchanged.
There are now more upto date IC's that make the design of smaller, cheaper and lighter units possible as Rory has shown.
I have updated my website to reflect the fact that I am no longer offering the controllers and have put a link to the NanoTwo data sheet.
I will still build my own controllers and may well look at a newer design for my self as I am not sure I can quite take the step of using someone elses controller.