BigEd wrote:
First comment I think is that you don't have enough decoupling capacitance. Normally we see one electrolytic where the power is brought to the board, and then a ceramic or tantalum next to each chip.
Next, you need to know that you've built what you've designed. So, with all chips out, and your multimeter in continuity mode, you need to test all the pin-pairs which should be connected, to check that they are connected, and then test all pins against the adjacent pin, to check that they are not shorted (unless they are supposed to be.) This only takes a few seconds per pin.
And then, I think you're looking for a review of what you've designed.
After fixing up the capacitors and performing the circuit checks, put your chips back in, and tell us what you see and what you don't see.
Ed, you’re right, and every chip has a 100nf capacitor. Check the bottom of the board. Also, I checked every connection, for continuity as well, and we’re good. J
PS do the resistors on the cpu look properly placed?