BeagleBoard introduces BeagleConnect QuadESC motor control board
Key Takeaway
The BeagleConnect QuadESC is an open-hardware, four-channel brushless DC motor controller designed for robotics and drone propulsion.
Summary
BeagleBoard.org has announced the BeagleConnect QuadESC, a 60 x 48 mm PCB designed for controlling four brushless DC motors. It features an Arm Cortex-M33 processor with math and neural-network acceleration to manage three-phase power stages. The board provides extensive sensing capabilities, including current and voltage monitoring, and is supported by editable KiCad designs and open firmware.
Technical specifications of QuadESC
- Uses a 200 MHz Arm Cortex-M33 processor with a trigonometric math unit and TinyEngine neural-network accelerator.
- Supports four three-phase power stages with dedicated PWM time bases.
- Includes three-phase current sensing, phase-voltage sensing, and board-temperature monitoring.
- Features onboard CAN hardware for system connectivity.
- Current sampling is handled by three analog-to-digital converters distributed across the four motors.
- Provided as open hardware with editable KiCad files and firmware sources.
Why it matters
The project provides a hardware foundation for field-oriented control and AI-driven anomaly detection within the BeagleBoard ecosystem.
Original reference: www.beagleboard.org →