VESC Wcore

The VESC WCore is a compact and versatile core PCB designed as the foundation for custom wireless remotes for electric vehicles. It integrates the essential hardware needed to build reliable, high-performance remotes suitable for both land and water-based applications. Its small footprint makes it ideal for space-constrained designs such as handheld or fully sealed waterproof enclosures.

Built around the ESP32-C3 microcontroller, the VESC WCore provides integrated 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5 Low Energy connectivity, allowing wireless configuration, real-time monitoring, telemetry, diagnostics, and firmware updates using VESC Tool. It comes preloaded with VESC Express firmware for seamless integration and also supports communication over USB and CAN, making it suitable for both development and production environments.

The board includes full single cell Li-ion battery management with protection features and supports both wired and wireless charging. Wired charging currents can reach up to 800 mA, while wireless charging can reach up to 900 mA. Its ultra low power design allows a sleep current of around 100 µA with fast wakeup support while keeping the 3.3 V and 5 V rails available. For additional battery safety, the hardware automatically disconnects the cell if the voltage drops below 2.8 V, reducing current draw to less than 0.2 µA, and reconnects automatically when charging is detected.

For control inputs, the VESC WCore provides three ADC inputs capable of reading voltages from 0 V to 6 V, making them suitable for throttle, brake inputs, or external sensors. Two digital inputs with deep sleep wakeup capability allow flexible control schemes and low power remote designs. A dedicated 5 V LED addressable LED output can be used for status indication, while two onboard addressable RGB LEDs and dedicated charging indicators provide additional visual feedback for system and charging status.

The integrated CAN bus interface enables reliable high speed communication with motor controllers, BMS units, and other CAN enabled devices. The board can also be powered directly from USB, which simplifies configuration, development and bench testing.

With a compact PCB size of just 24.3 mm × 49.0 mm and a weight of only 7.5g or 9g with the included charging coil, the VESC WCore provides a complete and flexible platform for next generation electric vehicle remote designs.

Please note that this device currently can only be configured through LispBM scripting.
Please see the product datasheet for further details.

The following items are included:
1x VESC WCore
1x Wireless Charging Coil
4x JST-GH 2 pin 500mm cables
4x JST-GH 3 pin 500mm cables
1x JST-GH 4 pin 500mm cables