In class on the 29th, I wired up my Bionic Prosthetic Hand, and tested the mobility of each finger. I figured that over summer break the wires acting as tendons deteriorated and the solder wore off. My assumption proved to be true, so I checked to make sure the code was up to date. After checking that everything on the software side looked pretty in tact, I tested the hand and the hardware. After connecting the three battery packs that were in my engineering box, I was getting no movement from the servos. I used a multimeter to measure the voltage drop across each individual battery pack and all were significantly lower than usual: 1.5V in one, 3.3V in another, and 1.9V in the last one. I found new fresh and fully charged batteries which valued a total of 5.9V (.1 under full) and the fingers on the hand moved accordingly!
I will continue my progress with this first model until there are no issues mechanically.
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