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jweber
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Reading HW ESC telemetry

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Does anyone have a description or better yet Arduino code to read the telemetry output from HobbyWing ESCs? It would be nice to read that and then use the OpenXSensor code to port it directly to the RX. There was a description of the v3 output, but the v4's have more sensors, but no description.

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Could you give more information about "telemetry output from HobbyWing ESC"

What data is available?

"It would be nice to read that and then use the OpenXSensor code to port it directly to the RX" Nice and what?
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Re: Reading HW ESC telemetry

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The v3 HobbyWing Platinum ESCs can output throttle value, PWM and RPM. It's in the user manual for them in the developers section
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0109/ ... n.pdf?4129

But what is more interesting is the platinum v4 ESC you get the following information:
battery voltage, current, throttle, PWM, RPM, FET temperature, Caps temp

There's just nothing that describes the protocol that I can find. jlog has been modified so that it can read the values and report them up from the programming port on the ESC.
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Re: Reading HW ESC telemetry

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Hi,

I've implemented Hobbywing V3/V4/V5 and PWM protocols in an arduino project. Not into the openxsensor project though

viewtopic.php?f=84&t=11911&p=144425&hil ... ct#p144425


Castle link protocol will be added soon
Not feasible with atmega mcus. I've developed an alternative solution though

castle_telemetry

Cheers,
Daniel
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Re: Reading HW ESC telemetry

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DanielGA wrote: Fri May 17, 2019 6:30 am Hi,

I've implemented Hobbywing V3/V4/V5 and PWM protocols in an arduino project. Not into the openxsensor project though

https://www.openrcforums.com/forum/view ... 84&t=11911

Castle link protocol will be added soon

Cheers,
Daniel
Daniel,

dead link....
Dieter

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This maybe where DanielGA was trying to send you to:
(viewtopic.php?f=84&t=11911&p=144425&hil ... ct#p144425)
Er9x on 9x radio, with Smartieparts Programmer and TelemetrEZ Board.
ErSky9x on Taranis, Sky9x, 9Xtreme radios.
3D-Printing: (https://openrcforums.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=129).
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Re: Reading HW ESC telemetry

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bob195558 wrote: Tue Jun 18, 2019 2:10 pm This maybe where DanielGA was trying to send you to:
(viewtopic.php?f=84&t=11911&p=144425&hil ... ct#p144425)
Exactly. Thanks. Link fixed in initial post

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