VESC firmware

An open source motor controller firmware.

This is the source code for the VESC DC/BLDC/FOC controller. Read more at https://vesc-project.com/

Supported boards

All of them!

Make sure you select your board in conf_general.h

//#define HW_SOURCE "hw_40.c"
//#define HW_HEADER "hw_40.h"

//#define HW_SOURCE "hw_45.c"
//#define HW_HEADER "hw_45.h"

//#define HW_SOURCE "hw_46.c" // Also for 4.7
//#define HW_HEADER "hw_46.h" // Also for 4.7

//#define HW_SOURCE "hw_48.c"
//#define HW_HEADER "hw_48.h"

//#define HW_SOURCE "hw_49.c"
//#define HW_HEADER "hw_49.h"

//#define HW_SOURCE "hw_410.c" // Also for 4.11 and 4.12
//#define HW_HEADER "hw_410.h" // Also for 4.11 and 4.12

#define HW_SOURCE "hw_60.c"
#define HW_HEADER "hw_60.h"

//#define HW_SOURCE "hw_r2.c"
//#define HW_HEADER "hw_r2.h"

//#define HW_SOURCE "hw_victor_r1a.c"
//#define HW_HEADER "hw_victor_r1a.h"

//#define HW_SOURCE "hw_das_rs.c"
//#define HW_HEADER "hw_das_rs.h"

//#define HW_SOURCE "hw_axiom.c"
//#define HW_HEADER "hw_axiom.h"

//#define HW_SOURCE "hw_rh.c"
//#define HW_HEADER "hw_rh.h"

//#define HW_SOURCE "hw_tp.c"
//#define HW_HEADER "hw_tp.h"

//#define HW_SOURCE "hw_75_300.c"
//#define HW_HEADER "hw_75_300.h"

//#define HW_SOURCE "hw_mini4.c"
//#define HW_HEADER "hw_mini4.h"

//#define HW_SOURCE "hw_das_mini.c"
//#define HW_HEADER "hw_das_mini.h"

//#define HW_SOURCE "hw_uavc_qcube.c"
//#define HW_HEADER "hw_uavc_qcube.h"

//#define HW_SOURCE "hw_uavc_basic.c"
//#define HW_HEADER "hw_uavc_basic.h"

There are also many other options that can be changed in conf_general.h

Prerequisites

On Ubuntu

Install the gcc-arm-embedded toolchain

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-gcc-arm-embedded/ppa
sudo apt update
sudo apt install gcc-arm-embedded

Add udev rules to use the stlink v2 programmer without being root

wget vedder.se/Temp/49-stlinkv2.rules
sudo mv 49-stlinkv2.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/
sudo udevadm trigger

On MacOS

Go to the GNU ARM embedded toolchain downloads Website and select the mac version, download it and extract it to your user directory.

Append the bin directory to your $PATH. For example:

export PATH="$PATH:/Users/your-name/gcc-arm-none-eabi-8-2019-q3-update/bin/"

Install stlink and openocd

brew install stlink
brew install openocd

Build

Build and flash the bootloader first

Clone and build the firmware

git clone https://github.com/vedderb/bldc.git vesc_firmware
cd vesc_firmware
make

Flash it using an STLink SWD debugger

make upload

Contribute

Head to the forums to get involved and improve this project.

License

The software is released under the GNU General Public License version 3.0