DISCLAIMER: This title is clickbait, I did not combine the input device with a stepper motor.
I wanted to mess around with distance sensors because that correlates with robotics.
I finished making and I put it in the oven. My pcb fell in oven.
I had to wait to for the oven to cool off so I used my time on stepper motors.
I took a stepper motor and made it spin with a quick youtube tutorial.
Messing with these step motors I realized how weak they really are.
I don't know if they will be able to hold a robotic arm.
Assignemnt for future me...use the step motors from the 3D printers next.
After that I got my pcb from under the oven and tried to make it work.
Here it is with my messy soldering.
Wouldn't cooperate with me. Said my sensor was disconencted.
Wasn't working so I made another one.
The other one didn't work.
Tried to see if the problem was the solderng but it looked fine.
I followed this gitlab but I still couldn't get it to work.
I eventually got the first one "connected" to Arduino using the ESP32 after many fails with the Metro board.
However, even with ESP32, my serial monitor was still not connecting.
It wasn't displaying anything now.
The datasheet does say to use a 2.8V but I looked more and it said
nah you don't REALLY need that.
I think I do need a 2.8V input.
The lesson of the week is DO NOT USE METRO BOARDS.
