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I looked cindrich decks up last night and he doesnt have any for sale atm. The one you have is definitely the coolest one by far imo. He says minimal flex on his boards.

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@kai all you have to do is call him (his number is on his FB page.) He didn’t have any available when I called either but he machines them within a few days, he had mine out the door within 3 days.

Al…

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So here is the enclosure. I tried to do it using the vacuum process but it didn’t work out so good. My oven isn’t large enough, so I ended up having to mold it manually. I would heat it with a torch and my friends would form it to the buck. It turned out pretty good, next one will be better.

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BTW can you guys post the weight of your eBoards.

Thanks Al…

Mine weighs 20.6lbs

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Most of my boards fall into the 15/16 lb range. My pneumatic is 21lbs

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@BigAl Mine is 13.6 lbs

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Is this still the correct wiring for the latest VESC? I know the new VESC has 7 pins but are the 1,2 and 4,5 pins still the ones to use with the Nyko Kama controller? It seems from the latest schematic that the pins are 1,2,3,4.

Also, which VESC does it go connected to? does it even matter, are one of the VESC considered the “master”? this is all I need to get this thing going

Thanks Al…

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So I flipped the VESC over and it seems:

pin 1 is ADC2 which from what I’ve read is not connected to the Nyko pin 2 is Rx which goes to the green wire on the Nyko pin 3 is Tx which goes to the blue wire on the Nyko pin 4 is ADC which goes to the black wire on the Nyko Pin 5 is GND which goes to the red wire on the Nyko

So if I’m correct, we only use pins 2-5 on the P3

Can someone please confirm this for me

Thanks Al…

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someone correct me if I’m wrong: Black wire goes to ground and red goes to 3.3v. Skip adc.

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wait so you don’t have to buy a wiiceiver if you have a VESC?

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No. You can solder the receiver of the nunchuck straight to the vesc.

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so are my connections 3 post up, correct?

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No, Pin 1, 4 and 7 stay empty.

Sorry, text is in German, but beside that it should be obvious:

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I am trying to figure out myself. From what I read, these are what I found out. Members with more experience, please confirm.

Pin 1: Green SCL/RX. (closest to motor wires) Pin 2: Blue SDX/TX Pin 3: ADC - Do not use Pin 4: Black GND Pin 5: Red 3.3v Pin 6: 5V -Do not use Pin 7: ADC2 - Do not use (closest to battery wires) @BigAl: We have our pin orders in reverse. I am following the picture you posted. Cheers,

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Ok @sgaana and @elkick thanks to both of you for your help.

this is where I stand at the moment.

Firmware 2.5 installed on both VESCs, canbus jumper installed, Nyko receiver installed like the picture above (blue LED blinking) (BTW thanks elkick).

Both VESCs have the blue and green LEDs lit. One of them is also blinking RED.

I’m able to connect using the BLDC Tool, my problem is it doesn’t respond to input from the Nyko.

Thanks for your help Al…

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Assuming the Nunchuk receiver is connected to the master VESC, you need to enable it twice: first in the general app tab and second in the side Nunchuk tab. After that, you need to klick “write config” and then “reboot” (reboot is important!).

The blue led on the receiver should stay on when connected with the transmitter, not blinking.

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how do I confirm which is the master VESC? @elkick

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SLAVE VESC needs Controller ID „1“ and „Send Status over CAN“ configured. Nothing else (except motor detection).

MASTER VESC has Controller ID “0”, and app configuration like described. And connected receiver, motor detection done, etc.

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@elkick OK, so I now know which is master, it has the Nyko receiver connected to it but the blue LED on the receiver is blinking, is there a way to reset the receiver or some other type of kick start?

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Also, whats the deal with the slave VESC flashing red? any ideas?

Thanks Al…