An Arduino Nano Electronic Speed Controller (ESC) — Part 2

David Such
9 min readNov 14, 2022

In Part 1 we explained the design of our Arduino based ESC. Part 2 will focus on the power stage and why MOSFET drivers are needed. The most current that a digital pin from one of the Nano family can provide is 40mA and most of the boards have a capacity much less than this.

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David Such

Reefwing Software · Embedded Systems Engineer · iOS & AI Development · Robotics · Drones · Arduino · Raspberry Pi · Flight Control