Archives: 2024-04

moteus-c1

I’m excited to announce the newest addition to the moteus line of BLDC controllers, the moteus-c1! The moteus-c1 is a smaller, lower power, lower cost version of the moteus-r4 and moteus-n1, but still packs a big punch.

The top of the line performance metrics for the entire moteus lineup now look like:

moteus-c1 moteus-r4 moteus-n1
Input Voltage 10-51V 10-44V 10-54V
Peak Phase Current 20A 100A 100A
Continuous Phase Current 5A / 14A 11A / 22A 9A / 18A
Dimensions 38mm x 38mm 46mm x 53mm 46mm x 46 mm
I/O AUX1 D and E are present as through hole pads. AUX2 is identical to moteus-n1 AUX1: SPI, Hall, ADC AUX2: I2C and UART 3.3V only AUX1 and AUX2 support SPI, UART, Quadrature, Hall, and I2C. 5.5V and 3.3V provided on each connector. I2C pullups are configurable on each connector.
RS422 None None Built-in transceiver for RS422 based encoders
CAN fault tolerance 58V 12V 58V
Price $69 $79 $149

The upshot is that for low current motors where RS422 is not required, it is nearly as capable as the moteus-n1 for less than half the price!