User Instructions

This page contains instructions on how to flash the HobbyKing F-80A brushless ESC. The end result will be a brushed ESC, which you can use on brushed DC motors.

First you need to prepare the ESC so you can connect it to your PC. A programmer like the USBasp is needed to program the ESC. The USBasp connects straight to an USB port of your PC. Ideally, you want a tool like this, which you can use to flash the MCU hasselfree. But as it’s out of stock, I used the available pads instead, which I soldered to a 6 pin ribbon cable. Then I connected the ribbon cable to the programmer using individual pin wires. ​ Make sure the connection is correct using a multimeter and the diagrams: Mcu pinout Esc pads 6 ribbon cable pinout 10 ribbon cable Pinout I used the Atmel studio 7.0 IDE to build the hex file from source. Finally, I used avrdude to flash it with this command: ​ avrdude -c usbasp -p m8 -U flash:w:BrushlessToBrushed.hex