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The motor I was using is does not put out a lot of voltage so I had to back it up with a lot of capacitors. When there was no load on the circuit, I could charge all the caps up and get a steady flow of 5.2 volts. Once I hooked the arduio up with the LED blink sketch, it was only getting 2.5 to 3.5 volts after the load… so the arduino couldn’t stay on for more than a few micro seconds. :|