# My New T-500 powered kayak!

**URL:** <https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/my-new-t-500-powered-kayak/13289>\
**Category:** Kayaks, SUPs, Surf\
**Created:** [November 30, 2022, 2:13am UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/my-new-t-500-powered-kayak/13289 "2022-11-30T02:13:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![EliotBR](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.bluerobotics.com/eliotbr/32/6937_2.png) [@EliotBR](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/u/EliotBR)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 11:30pm UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/my-new-t-500-powered-kayak/13289/20 "2024-07-31T23:30:32Z")

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Welcome back @Superuser007 🙂

> [@Superuser007](#):
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> Bixpy K-1 Motor

I’m not familiar with this motor, but from some brief searching online it’s not obvious to me what kind of control signal it accepts. If it is a three-wire brushless DC motor (like our motors and thrusters) then our Basic ESC can likely be used with it, with a Thruster Commander to send speed commands to the ESC.

> [@Superuser007](#):
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> Option (2)  
> (2) x24.56V system: 2x t200 with Basic ESC

Our [Basic ESC](https://bluerobotics.com/store/thrusters/speed-controllers/besc30-r3/) can rotate our thrusters and motors, but it requires a servo-style PWM signal to specify the ‘throttle’ amount. You can provide such a signal using any of:

- a Thruster Commander,
- a flight controller board (e.g. Navigator) running an autopilot firmware,
- a custom microcontroller board (e.g. an Arduino), or
- a GPIO-compatible computer (e.g. Raspberry Pi )

**EDIT:** I’ve just seen [your more recent post](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/canoe-project-with-2-t200-and-25-6v-50ah-lithium-lifepo4-battery/17385), and Tony’s note about the battery voltage is also relevant.

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