Hello, I recently purchased 4 brushless motors and 4 esc's for a drone project I'm working on. Is it possible to test the brushless motor with only an esc and an arduino? The esc has an additional 3 pins for a receiver, but we do not have one right now. All the video tutorials we've looked at have used a receiver in their wiring.
Brushless motor: http://www.amazon.com/Dimart-Multi-Copter-A2212-13-Brushless-Airplane/dp/B01ALESSQC?ie=UTF8&keywords=angel%20a2212-13&qid=1458774993&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1
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Here's some discussion:
https://dronesandrovs.wordpress.com/2012/11/24/how-to-control-a-bru...
George
Yes, certainly possible. I've been running brushless motors via arduino (no receiver) and a limit switch to turn on the motor.
George
Yes, its possible Mike. Just upload the "Servo > Sweep" exemple to your arduino and attach the yellow ESC wire to the pin 9 (Red to the 5V and Black to GND). You also need to power your ESC with one battery.