VelTek shield motor step

Required hardware components

To complete this exercise you need for following:

Arduino	VelTek shield	DC motor w. encoder	12V AC/DC adaptor
USB A to B cable	Motor cable	Small flat-head screw driver	Optional: cheap USB hub

Required software

• A serial terminal program with logging capabilities
• Math program capable of importing numbers from a text file.

Setup

1. Connect VelTek shield to Arduino
2. Connect motor-cable to DC motor. The little white plug can only go in one way. When inserted correctly, the orange wire is towards the edge of the circuitboard. (See picture)