Kinetis Drone: Graupner ESC S3055 Failure

While developing my driver for the Electronic Speed Controllers (ESC’s) for my quadrocopter (see “Kinetis Drone: Driving the Electronic Speed Controllers“), I noticed a some strange smell, followed by a failure of one motor ESC 😦

Quadrocopter ESCs

Quadrocopter ESCs

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Kinetis Drone: Driving the Electronic Speed Controllers

In “Kinetis Drone: Frame Construction with Graupner Race Copter Alpha 250 Q” I have assembled the frame for my Kinetis Drone. In this post I’m going to drive the ESC’s (Electronic Speed Controllers) with the Freescale FRDM-K22F board:

Graupner S3055 ESC

Graupner S3055 ESC (Source: Graupner)

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