Soldering away. Note the awesome quality lamp shade - recycling in action there.
I found the instructions pretty easy to follow. The only problems I had were with the header pins for the Servos, which insisted on falling out before I could solder the little buggers in. I also had to clip the legs of the reset switch and connector block, because they were fouling the power connector on the Arduino below.
![Motor shield finished and in place on my Arduino](/images/MotorShield3.jpg)
And here it is in place on my Arduino. I haven’t actually tried it out yet, hope I didn’t fry anything.
I confess I didn’t really twig that I was getting a kit rather than a finished board until it arrived, but with hindsight the kit was far more fun. Kinda like getting a free Airfix model with your motor controller.
This motor controller ishopefully destined to go inside one of my woodwork projects if I ever finish it, but more on that another day.
I confess I didn’t really twig that I was getting a kit rather than a finished board until it arrived, but with hindsight the kit was far more fun. Kinda like getting a free Airfix model with your motor controller.
This motor controller ishopefully destined to go inside one of my woodwork projects if I ever finish it, but more on that another day.