Hi there,
I am controlling 5 servo steppers through 5 adapters on 9v (0.5mA), a brand new Arduino Mega and 5 Hbridges mounted.
Starting with one motor at time, everything was working fine until I reached 4 motors. Then the laptop shut down as soon as I was trying to connect it to the board and the 2560 Mega isn't showing up as usb under the serial ports.
Should I consider it fried?
Following some advice on forums I have also installed the FTDI drivers, although I have subsequently understood that they aren't required for this board.
I have tried with different USB cables(no success), computers (nope) and boards (these ones still show up)
Is there any way I can fix this?
Many thanks for your advice
Best wishes
Faeve