After a stressful week, we finally got the motors moving thanks to Dr. Trantham (Physics department). Although he suggested our power source was too strong, we determined that wasn't the case and saw that his wiring diagram suggested our wires weren't set up correctly. After switching the wires around our motor moved!! This was SUCH a relieving feeling and an incredible boost of motivation.
Throughout the week we played with stepper motor libraries and different settings. We attached the motor to our robot frame (found on Taylor's blog: tfcsis496.blogspot.com) and had it spinning as it should.
Next week, our final full week of working on it, will be spent hooking up the solenoid valves and hooking up the robot to UNK's internet to prepare for our live demonstration.
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