CRAP!>
I dont know what is going on...
I assembled another board today while at work..LOL (slow day.. brought my toaster oven in and my stencil..etc)
made another board.. might have bake it a 'bit' too long.. as I see some of the silk screen just 'starting' to turn yellow.. (darker than first board a bit).. but still looks good. better than original board I migght even say..
tested continuity around chip.. didnt find anything.
however CAN NOT BURN bootloader..etc..
I found a strange occurrence.. maybe you can help shed some light on..
I made a little header for the pin D11, D12, D13, 5v+ & GND.. I/O pins..
I put all pins in except the GND pin on the custom board ot the Arduino GND... before I do that GND pin.. I already see power lighton my custom board come on?? WTF? how can I be getting power without GND plugged in?
so I tracked it down to PIN D13?? if I take than pin OUT.. power on my custom board goes off.. I plug in GND wire.. power comes back.. I take out GND.. and putin D13 wire again. powr on my custom board come back on?
what is messed up? what is grounding out? on D13 and power on my board??
any ideas?
also.. I tried to remove chip and program custom board #1 directly.. no go.. so I guess I have some physical problems.
anyone wanna try to trouble shoot it?
also any ideas on custom board #2/ why power is on when 5v+ is connected and D13? (but not GND wire?)