2/19/2014

   This week I've been working on getting all of the components mounted on the chassis. I have the motor drive control board mounted but it's taking me a little longer than I expected to get it to work. The first one that I looked at buying had a detailed diagram of the board and it's pin outs but the one I ended up buying is a little bit different so I'm having to put in a little bit more work to figure out how it works. I'm now having to weigh weather or not it was worth it to safe a few cents on this board that didn't come with as much set up support. I'm also still waiting to get the metal detector circuit that will be mounted on the pin picker arm. While I'm talking about things that aren't going right I should also mention that I thought I ordered 6" jumper wires when in fact they are only 3". I'm hoping to be able to buy some from another student.