To be honest… no idea. Maybe some of the experienced useres could give an answer to this.
Thats also my first FS ESC/VESC.
But as i said…its working fine. So…no doubt about the other cables
This is the standard uart with adc inputs you don‘t need. Not sure if it works with uart2 out of the box, it does work with uart1 for me. It works with 3.3V. The Flipsky BT only need 4 wires, gnd, vcc (3.3 or 5V), rx and tx.
Not sure I understand the recommendations connecting the BT receiver to the FSESC UART2 port (1) connector with 4 wires. The easiest way to power and send control to the FSESC is via its’ PPM port (2) connector, 3 wires are all I needed. Port/cable 2 (in the simple Flipsky diagram) is Pulse Position Modulation (PPM), there are 2 outputs PPM1 and PPM2 on the BT board. If you are unfamiliar with PPM, it’s a 3 wire interface that drives both manual servos & ESC in boats, planes and heli’s.
I connected PPM port (2) on the FSESC to PPM1 output from the BT receiver which has the following 3 cables:
black - ground
red - 5V (5.12V when I tested my rig)
white - pulse position control signal
Also, FSESC PPM port (2) connector gave me plenty of power to drive the BT receiver board. I setup a cable as shown in the paper instructions from flipsky. GND, 5V, PPM1. I then used FSESC AUX port (8) to drive my 12V water pump.