Powering Clums-E

I shifted focus to the hardware background for Clums-E. I wired my 6V battery to the Mini PDP, ran it to the buck converter, and used a spliced Micro USB cable to link it to the Raspberry Pi.
But the Pi stayed completely dead.
After digging into it with Gemini and finding an article on cheap cables, I found the culprit. The cable I cut was a shoddy 3-wire line that used a thin layer of foil for the ground. It was completely useless for carrying power.
I swapped it for a high-quality cable, and the Pi instantly booted up. With clean power finally flowing, I hooked up the Servo Driver, and it is officially up and talking to the Pi.