well thanks for the reply/help.. but I dont fully understand what your trying to explain to me =(
I am now confused.. if I am to be looking for a pad that by default is at 3.3v? or is at 0.0v when I meter for voltage output??
When I open the Arduino IDE.. and pick out a sketch to write.. I ground to my breadboard/Arduino.. and use the RED probe to check the open pads & vias on the pcb.
I can find 0.0v pads and anywhere from 1.6v to 5.0v on the PCB..
I if I meter some of the pads as I upload a sketch.. it looks as if 'some' of them either increase a bit or lower a bit (none go to 0v)
but when I try to hook up these pads/vias to the pin1/reset pin.. either my blinking LED (goes off..so something is wrong...and no sketches upload).. or it just doesnt reset the chip for the bootloader to accept the sketch.
Thanks