On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 5:31 PM, Scott<goldscott@gmail.com> wrote:
> I imagine the copper is on the top of the board and he soldered all
> through-hole components at the top side.
> I've done this before on my first homemade PCBs (now I just send
> designs out to BatchPCB).
>
> Have you put 5V (3.3V ?) on the board and made sure there wasn't
> excessive current draw?
> Made sure the Vdd/Vss pin(s) on the actual chip see the appropriate voltage?

I did not top solder anything.

I shall explain: http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/447/explaini.png
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