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It's a very nice looking drawing but, (sorry) for a circuit of more than a few connections it becomes very difficult for someone not familiar with the thing to decode what they're seeing. This is because with all the components out there, some with tens of pin connections, it's nearly impossible to tell just by looking how something is wired up. Most experienced people are used to looking at schematics where the parts' pins are named & numbered so you can see at a glance what's connected to what. Here's an example from Maxim's site:

This emphasizes the Maxim part but it illustrates the principle. A full schematic would include all connections, with pin names/numbers, for *all *components. Unfortunately this would also mean expanding signals grouped into a single line for brevity like the digit and segment lines in the drawing.

Even a hand-drawn schematic including the pin names/numbers is better in this case than a pictorial and would, IMHO, get more responses and allow people to see more exactly how you've made all the connections and so give an informed response.

Yes, it's more work but it would be a useful experience. Besides, you'll need a real drawing to work from and to have available for future reference. There are choices of drawing software but I use the free ExpressSCH.