Savo's Site

ESC V5

Page Last Updated: January 4, 2024

Status: Complete. Revision needed.

Period: August 2021 - April 2022

Tags: BLDC drone embedded ESC

Newest revision to the ESC. Largely designed to use the available MOSFET drivers.

ESC V4

Page Last Updated: January 4, 2024

Status: Revised. Ran out of parts for testing.

Period: September 2020 - August 2021

Tags: BLDC drone embedded ESC

Another major revision to the BLDC ESC, mainly changing to the modern ATtiny family of microcontrollers.

ESC V3

Page Last Updated: January 4, 2024

Status: Completed design, never assembled

Period: August 2020 - September 2020

Tags: BLDC drone embedded ESC

A revision of ESV V2 with the voltage regulator removed

Flight Controller V2

Page Last Updated: January 3, 2023

Status: Development on hold for ESCs

Started: May 2020

Tags: drone imu

My more powerful STM32 based version of a flight controller. Currently on hold.

ESC V1

Page Last Updated: January 4, 2024

Status: Assembled, Never Used

Period: May 2020 - May 2020

Tags: BLDC drone embedded ESC KiCAD

My first attempt to make a sensor-less ESC for my drone

Drone ESC

Page Last Updated: January 6, 2024

Status: In Progress

Started: May 2020

Tags: BLDC drone embedded ESC KiCAD

Making a custom electronic speed controller for my drone’s motors

  • ESC V5 - Newest revision to the ESC. Largely designed to use the available MOSFET drivers.
  • ESC V4 - Another major revision to the BLDC ESC, mainly changing to the modern ATtiny family of microcontrollers.
  • ESC V3 - A revision of ESV V2 with the voltage regulator removed
  • ESC V2 - My first actual attempt at building an ESC. A shrunk down revision of the first.
  • ESC V1 - My first attempt to make a sensor-less ESC for my drone

Flight Controller V1

Page Last Updated: January 3, 2023

Status: Assembled. Not planning on using.

Period: May 2020 - May 2020

Tags: drone imu

My first flight controller design. Based on an ATmega328P so I could adapt many open-source drone projects to it if needed.

Drone Flight Controller

Page Last Updated: December 29, 2022

Status: Programming, focusing on ESC

Started: May 2020

Tags: control drone imu

Making a a custom flight controller for my drone to work with my custom ESCs and potentially other electronics.

  • Flight Controller V2 - My more powerful STM32 based version of a flight controller. Currently on hold.
  • Flight Controller V1 - My first flight controller design. Based on an ATmega328P so I could adapt many open-source drone projects to it if needed.