Hardware Reference
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In this case, I used a large cable tie to mount the boards to the platform and used the foam
that came with the motor shield between Arduino and the metal platform. This particular
platform comes with a four AA battery holder, so you'll need to connect this power
source, or whatever power source you are going to use, to the motor shield. The positive
and negative terminals are inserted into the motor shield by loosening the screws, insert-
ing the wires, and then tightening the screws, as shown in the following figure:
Now, you need to connect the motor shield to the motors. If you don't want to solder wires
to the motors, you can use the alligator clip wires as shown in the following figure:
The final step is to connect the alligator clip wires to the motor controller shield. I did this
with the male-to-male solderless jumper wires. First, insert the cables into the motor
shield screw connectors. There are two sets of connections—one for each motor. Then, at-
tach the alligator clips to the other ends of these wires as shown in the following figure:
