/challenges-projects/project14/solarpowerdevices/b/blog/posts/simple-solar-bot-tragedy-and-recovery-----blog-5The Big Fail Newlife Simple SolarBOT Motor Driver for Geared motor Calibrating the Joystick Hardware First Tests with Arduino UNO Video Test with LiPo Battery Power Shortly after my last blog update I faced a challenge and a trageden-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpowerdevices/b/blog/posts/simple-solar-bot-tragedy-and-recovery-----blog-5Wed, 12 Sep 2018 20:38:19 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:c653e3eb-5965-4e49-b46c-a5ba28b51da9genebren0<p>Nice recovery on your solar robot project! Continued good luck as you complete your robot. Keep having fun.</p><p>Gene</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=5496&AppID=210&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpowerdevices/b/blog/posts/simple-solar-bot-tragedy-and-recovery-----blog-5Wed, 12 Sep 2018 20:24:53 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:c653e3eb-5965-4e49-b46c-a5ba28b51da914rhb0<p>Lots of great info there to hopefully stop someone else making the same, common, mistake with motors. Glad to see how you saved &quot;Simple Solar BOT&quot; from the scrap heap; well done. Looking forward to the finale.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Rod</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=5496&AppID=210&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">