puttering

[stepper motors]

i'm not sure what's wrong, but i bet it's due to my shoddy soldering skillls. my first board got off to a shaky start, burned my fingers, spun the motor for a few glorious seconds, and then emitted grand burnt fumes. toasted to the mosted. i just soldered up a second board this morning (thanks emma!) which refuses to receive uploaded code. i know my connector is okay because i just programmed amon's chip. what's happening??

with the teeming innards of the velcro room here, i concocted a cute spinning carnival-game-esque game with the glory of manifold adhesives, bubble wrap, and a chinet dinner plate. there's even a dual scoring scheme! fun for everyone.

since my final project will need probably 8-10 running motors, i need to get this problem with the board solved.