i also would like to know about this, if i fall and drop the remote is my board gonna stop or run me down?
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if i were that eboard ! I’LL RUN YOU DOWN . dead slowly 
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ummm what you know thats not a real pic of me right…
Hahaha. Lol. Maybe a less confronting profile pic. Lel
hah hah hah . gotcha : )
I received an Enertion remote, to see how it fairs compared to my Nyko Kama. Unfortunately it didn’t seem to come with any schematic of any kind, in true DIY style.
Some questions: It has two sets of PWM pins, are these both the same channel ? Which pin power (red wire), which one is ground (black wire) and which one is control (orange wire) ? Does it need separate power supply or does it get supply from the VESC ?
What about button functions ? I assume C is the cruise button, what about the two front buttons ?
How do you bind the tx with the rx ?
What about charge indicators ? Is there any warning the battery is low ? Does it indicate when the battery is fully charged ?
Ok, so I’ve managed to answer some of my own questions:
Both sets of PWM pins are the same channel so you can split your signal over two controllers. The polarity of the pins is marked on the PCB, GND is the pin furthest from the NRF24L01 module. RX is powered via the VESC.
C-button/thumbstick is the cruise button: press to hold current speed, it doesn’t seem to allow speed adjustments while cruise is engaged, like on the Nyko Kama. A-button is the power button, press for 5 seconds to turn transmitter on -> green LED B-button: brake function, same as pulling back on thumbstick.
Binding seems to be automatic/pre-bound. If no connection between RX/TX -> red LED on RX blinks slow and left LED on TX is green. Upon connection -> red LED on RX blinkss fast and left LED on TX turns red.
Charging: LED next to charge port is red. Charged: LED next to charge port turns green.
Don’t throw out the charge cable, the male mini USB plug has a non-standard length because the receptacle is mounted deep in the housing. Other mini USB-plugs won’t reach in far enough.
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this makes me sadface. that is the defined difference between cruise control and perpetual steez.
haha, that cost extra! I am glad you got it worked out, fairly straight forward.
HOT TIP: If you have dual vesc you should use CAN-BUS to connect them and connect the RX to master VESC, splitting the signal from the RX works but it seems to get a weird interference/pulse of signal from the 2nd VESC which results in a random twitch.
When is going to be available again?
it is in stock ready to ship
http://www.enertionboards.com/electric-skateboard-parts/2-4ghz-radio-hand-controller/
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Thanks, just bought it!
@trbt555 thanks for all of this info! Subjectively, how do you like the feel of it? Is it worth replacing the nunchuk with this? At this point, I have 2 nunchuks, GT2B, and TB’s mini 2.4!
Yes @lowGuido that makes me sadface too! Especially since I upgraded the firmware of my VESC and the nunchuck cruise is working so smoothly compared to the previous version I had. It’s not very steezy, but maybe one just gets used to it.
I’ve been way too busy at work to go out riding so I can’t comment yet. But I like the shape of the controller. Could be a bit heftier though, I might open it up and hot glue some weight into it.
EDIT: I also like the fact it’s rechargeable with no removable parts. If you ever have to bail when using a Nyko Kama, good luck finding your battery compartment cover and your batteries.
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Ok so I got to test the Enertion controller today. I had a dual VESC CAN bus master/slave setup, connected the reciever to the master, made all appropriate settings, used a bench supply limited to 2A and apparently blew up my DRV chip anyway, started getting FAULT_CODE_DRV8302. @chaka, this is one of your high output VESCS, hadn’t been run on the road yet, please advise. Coincidence ? I don’ know. I’m getting tired of VESC’s dying on me, the DRV8302 seems to be the VESC equivalent of a wonky head gasket on older French cars. Mr. Vedder should do some reliability engineering IMO.
Anyway, I managed to get the transmitter/receiver combo working on the remaining VESC. The only setting that seems to work acceptably is “Current no reverse with brake”. It has a very different throttle-feel than the nunchuck, more agressive acceleration, not as gradual as the nunchuck. Didn’t really enjoy it. Also, don’t really know how to trim the signal, because it was constantly braking when I backed off the throttle. Do I adjust the pulse width settings to achieve neutral ? Put back the nunchuck. May use it for a second build using all the spares I’ve amassed the last few months.
thats a pro in my books… 
check this out for info on PPM fine adjustment & tuning
http://www.electric-skateboard.builders/t/vesc-faq-setting-up-receiver-and-brakes/244
yeah it takes the prize for most common fault… I am starting to think Electrostatic discharge (ESD) could be a cause.
Thanks @onloop, that’s the info I was after. I’ll give the transmitter another go next time we have a dry day here in Belgium, like in a few weeks 
@trbt555 I sent some contact info to you in a private msg. Best to contact me with an email and we will get you sorted with your faulty drv chip.
On the Enertion controller, try this…Click on “soft rpm limit” , and under “rpm limit end” enter value “60,000.00”. Smooth and safe throttle my friend.