Description
As of October 2024 tinyESCs have been updated to V3.0.
FingerTech tinyESCs pack the most power into the smallest package! They take up very little space but can handle more than enough motor current for your robots.
Features:
- The tinyESC is a bi-directional brushed single motor controller.
- Ultra-compact and lightweight.
- Simple to use and super robust! Undervoltage, overcurrent, overtemperature, reverse-polarity, and BEC protection.
- Internal BEC (battery eliminator circuit) provides 5V to receiver - no extra receiver battery required!
- Calibrate function allows precision driving.
- Status LEDs for power, both directions, signal loss failsafe, and calibration.
- The tinyESC includes a Battery Eliminator Circuit. If there is no 5V supply present on the robot, this will power the radio receiver from the main battery. There is a blocking diode so multiple tinyESC BECs can be run at once, along with one non-tinyESC BEC (like in a weapon motor controller).
- If you are controlling the tinyESC from a powered device (like Arduino, etc), there is no worry about damaging the tinyESC from higher voltages.
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Wiring Diagram
Specifications: - Battery Voltage: 6.5V - 36V
- Motor Current: 1.5A continuous (forever). For robots, usable continuous current is 2.0A.
- Max Current: 3A. For robots though, 5A-stall motors are easily handled by tinyESCs (see Videos tab). You will not wreck a tinyESC by trying to pull too much current - it will simply disable its outputs temporarily.
- BEC Output: 5V, 600mA. Can power other electronics like receivers and other ESCs, plus motors and servos up to a total draw of 600mA. Receivers with telemetry (such as the FS-IA6) CAN now be run by tinyESCs without requiring a separate BEC!
- Frequency: 15.6kHz (8x more responsive than v2.6's 2kHz!)
- Motor is braked to stop rather than coasting. This gives precise motor control, crucial for robot drive!
- Failsafe written for combat robots: Motor outputs shut off if the receiver loses signal from transmitter, and do not require restarting the ESC when signal is regained.
Dimensions:
- Circuit board size: 1.27x1.50x0.41cm (0.50x0.59x0.16”)
- Outer heatshrink size: 1.3x2.1x0.48cm (0.51x0.83x0.19”)
- Wire gauge: 26AWG
- Weight with wires: 4.0grams (0.14oz)
- Weight without wires: 0.8grams (0.03oz) [We don't know why you would ever need weight without wires, but other companies seem to think it's a selling point, so here it is to compare with!]