Picaxe 28 project board gets hot

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Hello all

I am currently making the Start Here robot project, I think I have connected up both motors and the servo correctly. I plugged it into my computer and an error message pops up saying 'serial port error - port not present or already in use.'

But then I noticed that my board was getting hot, so I unplugged it. The batteries were then hot and so was the motor driver (I think it was the motor driver that was hot anyway)

Please help if you can, with either of my problems, the error message or the board getting hot. I have also attached some photos to help you help me.

 

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Right, okay.Thanks for your

Right, okay.

Thanks for your help, I will read those documents, push the chips in properly and I will just solder the wires together instead of using 9V snaps.

If things still dont work I will write another comment updating you.

Thanks for the advice

Luke