Turnigy Super Brain ESC-100A Instructions Manual Download Page 3

 

Using the ESC 

·

Calibrate the throttle range of transmitter at the first time to use the controller 

(Recommend) 

- Correctly connect the ESC with brushless motor, plug the receiver lead of ESC into receiver ( usually into 

Channel 3); 

    - Put the throttle to the highest position, turn on the transmitter; 

    -  Power  on  the  receiver,  ESC  and  motor.  There  are  3  beeps  emitted  from  the  motor,  which  indicates  all 

electronics are correctly power on for the setting. 

    - Then there are 4 long beeps emitted from the motor 

 

 

 

 . 

    - Waiting one second, there will be two beeps emitted from the motor 

    -  Calibration of throttle is completed. 

 

·

Program the ESC’ s settings or use the default setting (by Turnigy Program Card/ on PC/ by throttle stick)

 

    Recommend: 

Please always clearly know current parameters of ESC before use, and program it according to 

your configuration. Please take the following form as reference to program the ESC ( Default setting is displayed 

in blue. Throttle range in gray cannot be programmed but be auto changed after calibrating the throttle travel of 

transmitter.) Seeing the appendix about the detail programmable features of Turnigy ESC-100A. 

 

 

NOTE: 1).

Turnigy ESC-100A has no built-in BEC, so a separate receiver pack or UBEC is needed to supply 

power for receiver and servos.  

             2).

  If  you  have  succeeded  in  calibrating  the  throttle  range  of  transmitter,  the  throttle  range  will  be 

displayed in 

‘Programming Set’ window  

when you connect the controller to PC. The factory preset throttle 

range is 640 uS.

 

LVC

 

Auto

 

5.0V

 

6.0V

(2 Lipo)

 

7.2V

 

8.4V

 

9.0V 

(3 Lipo)

 

12.0V 

(4 Lipo)

 

15.0V 

(5 Lipo)

 

18.0V 

(6 Lipo)

 

21.0V 

(7 Lipo)

 

24.0V 

(8 Lipo)

 

27.0V 

(9 Lipo)

 

30.0V 

(10 Lipo)

 

33.0V 

(11 Lipo)

 

36.0V 

(12 Lipo)

 

Current 

Limiting

 

Sensitivity 

 

Standard

 

Insensitivity

 

Disabled

 

 

 

 

 

Brake Type

 

No brake

 

Soft brake

 

Hard brake

 

 

 

 

 

 

Timing 

Advance

 

Auto

 

Low

 

Middle

 

High

 

 

 

 

 

Cutoff Type

 

Hard cutoff

 

Soft cutoff

   

 

 

 

 

 

Startup Type

 

Soft start

 

Standard

 

Fast start

   

 

 

 

 

Governor 

Mode

 

Auto

 

Governor 

Low

 

Governor 

High

 

 

 

 

 

 

PWM Rate

 

Low

 

Middle

 

High

 

 

 

 

 

 

Throttle 

Range

 

640 uS 

 

 

 

TURNIGY ESC-100A MANUALS  

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NOTE: 

You also can program the ESC-100A through Turnigy Program Card, but a separate receiver pack 

or UBEC  (voltage must 

be 5V-

 

6V

) is needed to connect to ‘Reserve for OPTO’. Please read the manuals of 

‘Turnigy Program Card’ for more detail instructions. 

    - Move the throttle  to the lowest position after each one beep of the four long beeps.

Summary of Contents for Super Brain ESC-100A

Page 1: ...esult of excessively high current is not covered by the manufacturer s WARRANTY Never disconnect the battery pack while the motor is running as this could cause damage to the speed controller and or motor Connectors with low conductivity may cause erratic motor rotations or other unexpected movements The controller will automatically power off the motor if the battery voltage drops below the progr...

Page 2: ...tes hard disk space Computer screen resolution with 800 600 1024 768 Recommend 1280 1024 ⅤHardware Turnigy ESC 100A Turnigy USB Linker Setup CD TURNIGY ESC 100A MANUALS 2 page 14 pages The Turnigy Super Brain series controllers are outstanding and unique products in the R C industry They represent a great advance in electric flight by integrating a data logger with an electronic speed controller T...

Page 3: ...out the detail programmable features of Turnigy ESC 100A NOTE 1 Turnigy ESC 100A has no built in BEC so a separate receiver pack or UBEC is needed to supply power for receiver and servos 2 If you have succeeded in calibrating the throttle range of transmitter the throttle range will be displayed in Programming Set window when you connect the controller to PC The factory preset throttle range is 64...

Page 4: ...ou finish the setting repower the ESC receiver and motor there are two beeps emitted from the motor then is ready to go fly and enjoy the flying Ⅶ Installing Turnigy Software Insert the CD in the CD driver of the computer Double click the Turnigy Super Brain Setup icon NOTE Never plug the USB Linker to USB port of PC BEFORE installation of software is successfully completed TURNIGY ESC 100A MANUAL...

Page 5: ...not work normally Y wires adopts Futaba wire configuration i e red black and white signal TURNIGY ESC 100A MANUALS 5 page 14 pages NOTE Turnigy Super Brain 100A is a speed controller without built in BEC therefore additional power supply is needed when reading data from ESC and programming on PC An auxiliary Y wires is used to supply power for reading data and programming Y wires is consisted of a...

Page 6: ...ection may cause damage to controller please make sure the polarity is always correct 2 When the ESC is powered then it is not necessary to use the auxiliary Y wires but directly plug the receiver lead of the ESC into the USB Linker to read and programming 3 The P Cables of 100A is designed for ONLYconnecting with Turnigy USB Linker to read data from ESC and program the controller on PC Wrong usag...

Page 7: ...and the firmware version is also displayed below Select the parameters you wish to set Click the Update button to save the modification Clicking the Back to default button will modify the parameters of ESC to factory default NOTE Please set the parameters always after current parameters of ESC is displayed in window and according to the instructing turn otherwise programming of ESC will be defeate...

Page 8: ...e upgrade will be finished in 3 5 seconds Reading the flight data from the ESC 100A Make sure to input the correct parameters in the area of User Parameter Gear Rate and Magnet Poles number of motor it is very important to read right motor RPM information Click the upload record data button to upload the flight data from the controller the green LED of ESC will flash After clicking the upload reco...

Page 9: ...he area shown in translucent Much clearer curves of the chosen area is displayed Click the right button of mouse to display the original curves NOTE 1 The software always displays the latest flight data 2 Wherever the mouse points a groups of data displayed below in the data display area indicates current voltage throttle motor RPM and temperature on the point The data within the data display area...

Page 10: ...d be more than the listed above form otherwise the software can not read out and display the data on the PC window Record type Not reverse and reverse Not reverse indicates the data logger cannot record any more when the space is filled up reverse indicates the data logger can record indefinitely by overlapping the former data and do a cycle Not reverse is default Sampling Rate Possible Recording ...

Page 11: ...l data as a file on PC before clearing Click Color Set button to set the displaying color and line width according to your favor and click SAVE button to save the modifications Changing the display channel Y axis reference The X axis presents the flying time but the Y axis can present the corresponding numerical value according to your selected category in the Y axis zone Parameter color Diary Sav...

Page 12: ... inrunner motors Option 3 Insensitivity High over current threshold will shut down after a slight delay Recommended for outrunner motors Only experienced modelers should use this programming feature Option 4 disabled Current limiting detection disabled Only experienced modelers should use this programming feature Option 1 Brake disabled default Brake disabled is mainly used for helicopters Option ...

Page 13: ...on 1 Hard cutoff default When battery voltage reaches cut off voltage the motor will shutdown immediately Motor can be restarted by closing the throttle to the lowest position and then move the throttle as normal Option 2 Soft cutoff When battery voltage reaches cut off voltage the ESC will slowly reduce motor power to zero you will notice a decrease in power and it is time to land the throttle ma...

Page 14: ...ce motors Products Voltage Current Surge BEC Dimension mm Weight with cables Turnigy ESC 20A 2 3S Lipo 20 30amp 2amp Linear 55 27 12 23g Turnigy ESC 40A 2 3S Lipo 40 50amp 2amp Linear 55 27 12 25g Turnigy ESC 60A 2 6S Lipo 60 70amp 4amp Switching 71 26 5 15 50g Turnigy ESC 80A 2 6S Lipo 80 90amp 4amp Switching 71 26 5 15 52g Turnigy ESC 100A 4 12S Lipo 100 120amp no OPTO 69 52 24 109g Turnigy USB ...

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