Two things arrived today: the PCB, and the Stickvise I won in the HaD giveaway. Here they are together.

Looks like it's going to be handy! Hopefully the plastic holders can withstand the heat of hot-air soldering going on in their vicinity. I don't have a 3D printer to replace them, but if I need to, I'll probably cut some from HDPE as an upgrade.

I also have all the components to go on the board. I'll start with the power supply (lower right) and make sure that's happy before putting the rest of my parts on. If all goes well, I get to spend the next several weeks getting the firmware to the point where I can spin the motors. For tuning, I'll use the motors against each other as a dyno built in to the transmission. This is really the only way to properly tune IPM parameters. Thankfully, the dyno is free!