Hi Brew once again thanks for the reply to my question....Guess what I pulled out a 6 pack 1.5v aa battery holder which comes out to 9.7v or something like
that and it worked I applied what you said with the v1 header and ground and its working....Does this mean I didn't fry the board?...The reason being is I want
to hook up a 16 by 2 lcd to the board but I also read a post where someone tried it and burned the on board Controller using the 12v adapter..
thanks
Carlo