Hi. I’m a noob. I have a “Aerostar 30A RVS G2 32bit (2~4S) Electronic Speed Controller w/Reverse Function & 4A 5~6V SBEC”. Can I use SimpleFOC library with this ESC? I’m going to use my Arduino UNO + AS 5600 + “Turnigy Aerodrive SK3 - 3536-1050kv Brushless Outrunner Motor”. Is this hardware compatible with SimpleFOC?
Pretty sure the answer is no. These esc have a microcontroller on them that is managing the power to the bldc phases. It only offers a simple pwm interface to the outside for speed control (i.e to your Arduino) and a few other functions. The docs look like you get braking/reversing through sending pulse codes.
To get simple foc working with this, you’d need to be able to program the mcu on that esc. It isn’t clear what chip it is or whether it has pins to be programmed and if it did it wouldn’t have the i2c pins to connect your as5600.
There are recent threads on people wanting similar things and other have ‘looked and failed’ to find an esc that is usable with simplefoc
You could control your motor from Arduino and this esc, but it wouldn’t be simplefoc and could only go fast or faster (no slow speed control)
Thank you very much for spending time answering my question.
Could I solve this problem using a b_g431_esc + bldc + as5600 + simplefoc?
The Aerostar 30A RVS G2 ESC is a standard RC electronic speed controller, which is designed to accept a PWM throttle signal and handle motor commutation internally. SimpleFOC, on the other hand, is meant for direct motor control using Field Oriented Control (FOC), which requires direct access to the motor phases and a compatible driver stage. Because of this, typical RC ESCs like this one cannot be controlled in FOC mode using the SimpleFOC library. In more advanced setups, especially in board level shielding and electronics proper separation of power stages, signal routing, and noise-sensitive control circuitry becomes important, and this is one reason dedicated FOC drivers are preferred over integrated RC ESC solutions. Your setup (Arduino UNO + AS5600 + Turnigy SK3 3536 motor) is generally compatible with SimpleFOC in terms of motor and sensor, but you would need a proper 3-phase gate driver or supported driver board instead of an RC ESC to actually run FOC control. So in summary, the motor and encoder are fine for SimpleFOC, the Arduino UNO can work for basic setups, but this specific ESC is not compatible with SimpleFOC control methodology.