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rcbench is a motor, ESC (electronic speed controller) and servo test bench built from two processors: an ESP32-S3 touch panel (user interface, settings, SD card) and an RP2350 coprocessor (measurement, outputs, and every protocol with timing requirements). The two are connected over CAN (Controller Area Network) at 1 Mbit/s.

Using the bench

Task	Page
Feature list and the state of each feature	What this is for
Build and flash both boards	Building
Wire the two boards and verify the bus	Bringing up the link
Operate the screens	Screens
Balance a propeller or a ducted fan	Balancing
Measure a servo's installed limit, or synchronise two servos	Servo procedures
Connect a receiver and inspect its output	Receiver buses
Stop mechanisms and the external circuit they require	Safety
BLHeli_32 ESCs: what is and is not supported	BLHeli_32 parameters

Reference

Page	Content
The link	CAN wiring, failure behaviour, the page protocol
The OpenYGE protocol	ESC telemetry and parameter protocol specification
Performance	Rendering budget in cache-line fills

The state of the project, the open items and the settled decisions are recorded in STATUS.md.

Every page has a German version; the switch is at the top of each page.