Castle 5th scale

[Pdelcast]

Originally Posted by brushlessboy16

Hey Patrick what FETS's are running in the Latest string of controllers (HV ICE and Mamba XL)?

Im waiting for the day that castle releases a controller bassed on to-220 or to-247 sized mosfets :) then i can power my e bike reliably :)

HV ICE uses Infineon BSC031N06 (3.1 milliohm, 60V)
Mamba XL uses Infineon BSC019N04 (1.9 milliohm, 40V)

You'll be waiting a long time (forever) for TO-220 or TO-247 based controllers from Castle... They switch like crap -- too much package inductance.

There are much better MOSFET packages coming. TO-220 and TO-247 were designed in the 1970s, and just don't handle high dV/dT well.

[brushlessboy16]

Originally Posted by Pdelcast

HV ICE uses Infineon BSC031N06 (3.1 milliohm, 60V)
Mamba XL uses Infineon BSC019N04 (1.9 milliohm, 40V)

You'll be waiting a long time (forever) for TO-220 or TO-247 based controllers from Castle... They switch like crap -- too much package inductance.

There are much better MOSFET packages coming. TO-220 and TO-247 were designed in the 1970s, and just don't handle high dV/dT well.

Thanks for setting me strait on that one, my mentality was the bigger the better :)

Im going to shoot you a pm patrick.

[nativepaul]

Originally Posted by Pdelcast

HV ICE uses Infineon BSC031N06 (3.1 milliohm, 60V)
Mamba XL uses Infineon BSC019N04 (1.9 milliohm, 40V).

Hi Patrick, what are the Specs for the FETs in the current Hydra line? the specs above point to a possible future Hydra Ice 200A HV ESC only 50% bigger and more expensive than the possible future Hydra Ice 200A LV ESC,
whereas the current Hydra 240HV Looks like its twice the size and close to twice the price of the current Hydra 240LV, have HV FET improvements narrowed the size weight and cost difference between HV and LV ESCs?
Paul.