Moving the paddle with Arduino code

The first step in making the entire system work is to test the motors. Fortunately, the GitHub site, https://github.com/JJulio/AHRobot, has the code that can make this happen. Download and unzip the code. Look in the AHRobot-master/Arduino/Utils/AHR_Motor_Test directory for the AHR_Motor_Test.ino program file. This file provides a simple test program to move the three stepper motors, first the x-axis stepper motor that moves the paddle back and forth across the table and then the y-axis stepper motors, the two motors which move the paddle forward and backward.

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If you are unfamiliar with how to develop and upload code for Arduino Mega, go to the https://www.arduino.cc/ website. It has a detailed set of instructions and an open source IDE for Arduino.

Run the program and open the Serial Port. You will see the following as the paddle moves:

If everything is connected correctly, the paddle should first move across the table, then move forward. If it does...