e*clipse! I was thinking the exact same thing! We are seriously one heck of a team of fellow collaborators! And We never have any TPS reports to fill out (office space).
I post photos to photobucket using my cell phone, then click on the "share links" IMG, and then paste it here:
The control/driver boards arrived a couple days early! This is the back:
And this is the front:
Now I just need to order the control board parts. I had made a saved cart, or so I thought, but it has ceased to exist. Very mysterious.
I also got an encoder attached to the bigger AC motor that turned up. I discovered that VHB tape isn't very sticky in 120degF weather. The stupid encoder was glued to the flat aluminum plate thing that I attached to the motor, centered perfectly with a centering tool, and then when I touched it, it moved, totally losing center. It was fully assembled and not unassemblable. So, I gave it a push and eyeballed it, and gosh darn it, if that thing isn't centered, then I'm a monkey's uncle. Then I glued around the edges of the encoder to the back plate using some epoxy. It's stuck now. It should work OK.