The attached video should show how its wired. Let me know it its not clear. I also have the scope connected to the drain. And I show how I reset it. So far I haven let any smoke out. I put this code in the setup area to light a separate LED for 1 second, just to see if I was actually in the setup area of the code when running.
pinMode(Short, INPUT);
digitalWrite(Short, INPUT_PULLUP);
delay(1000);
digitalWrite(Short, LOW);
You can see the separate LED in the attached picture. It will not come on unless I short the 5V momentarily to ground as I do in the video. That's why I think its skipping the whole setup step unless I give it some time. When that light does come on it is very dim.
I have since found that this board has a reset button which can be used instead of shorting out wires. It works well.
Arduino will not reset even if its completely disconnected from the power supply and all wires removed from the bread board. Funny thing is the more I screw with this the better it gets. Time to reset is getting less and less since I first started. It also gets worse the more I mess with it. First thing in the AM I was able to start it 3 times without issue. Then I had to use the reset button which works very well. Progressive use of the system will increase the time it takes to reset by itself.
I'm starting to think this board may be damaged from lots of miss wiring and shorting things out. I will probably be ordering a new one just to rule that out.
