2020 arduino blinds

the initial thought was to mount a MKR 1010 onto a motorshield but i couldn't get the shield to run a stepper motor. then the MKR1010 stopped working.
wonder if this is what killed the mrk1010
encoder motor from a printer
reverse engineered the wiring to get it running
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sensor kit courtesy of my family