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EDIT #2: The electrical schematic is under the hood (bless them) and calls for a mechanical relay.

I am setting up a new Eggbot but I am seeing a  "Failed to connect to EggBot. " error whenever I try to apply anything in the Inkscape Eggbot Controller.  I am able to see the Eggbot contro…

Hello everyone,

I should add that the green wire on what is now motor #2 was broken when I unpacked the kit. I stripped and twisted the wire back together at the break before I assembled it.

I'm looking to use PC5, input #27 (according to the PDF file). When I code in this:

#2 ""speed of engraving" I have tried a pen-down speed of 5-200.  Slower is significantly better.

  #26   Two Hinges, not one

I'm using raspberian, uname -a says its a version 3.2.27+ #250 PREEMPT kernel.

#2) how do I make sure resister is good

Please see our wiki page on programming, for the "getting started" guide:  http://wiki.evilmadscientist.com/Art_Controller_Firmware

Interesting ... received my replacement chips and added them to the board one by one as I tested. No difference - however, I pushed down on the LED driver #2 (inner one of the two on the left side of