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 === Brushless Controller === === Brushless Controller ===
  
-Spindle control and speed is managed comfortably with a [[http://autoquad.org/wiki/wiki/esc32/|ESC32]] brushless engine speed controller originally intended to control our drone motors. Due to the open firmware nature of this module and the possibility to control the ESC through serial/CAN interface another module was purchased (additionally to the ones purchased for our Drone project) to be tested for the spindle setup.+Spindle control and speed is managed comfortably with a [[http://autoquad.org/wiki/wiki/esc32/|ESC32]] or [[mission:log:2016:04:30:vesc-open-source-bldc-esc]] brushless engine speed controller originally intended to control our drone motors. Due to the open firmware nature of this module and the possibility to control the ESC through serial/CAN interface another module was purchased (additionally to the ones purchased for our Drone project) to be tested for the spindle setup.
  
 Alternatively, you can hack/use a simple 555 circuit like the following and control another off-the-shelf RC ESC with that: Alternatively, you can hack/use a simple 555 circuit like the following and control another off-the-shelf RC ESC with that: