USB boarduino soldering instructions?

[troynall]

ok thanks for answering my question.

i will be taking some pics of my fabrication of this board
and will be sending them to you to use for your website.


thanks again,
troy:)

[maggan]

I just followed this picture and it have seemed to work out well!

[url]http://gravitech.us/Arduino/ARD-BOARD/ARD-BOARD1.jpg[/url]

[yomaoam]

Got mine working despite those little inconsistencies in the docs, now running the blink example. Excellent little kit, thanks.

[luvdunhill]

I have a question about this statement in the documentation:

"Please note that it will appear as if two pins are accidentally shorted on the chip. This is on purpose! All presoldered PCBs are tested"

I have purchased a blank board and just soldered the chip and have no solder bridges. Am I okay, or there a solder bridge on the pre-soldered units that is there to correct a board error? Sorry, but I could not find this information anywhere on the build instructions, hence the post.

Thanks!

[adafruit]

ah, yes there is a short on the PCB so you dont need to PURPOSEFULLY short any pins on the ftdi chip
in fact, we suggest not shorting anything