Quote Originally Posted by Techbuilder View Post
Why thank you

No there is no wire going to the positive, except that it is on the same row as pin 1
should I connect it to positive?

in his picture there was no wire going from the cap to positive.

Also when I take the IR LEDS out the Green led is still on constant

The IR LEDs are the ones that were put on the site
they are Fairchild QED234 Infrared LEDs that I purchased from digi key.

The only things that I used different was the radial electrolytic cap instead of the ceramic.
But it was still rated at 0.33uf
The capacitor substitute should be fine in this application. Just be aware of the polarity.

I agree the picture on the web page looks like there is no connection from (the junction of pin 1 and the capacitor) to 5V+.

Here are other clues to the contrary.

Garrett Hamilton–Smith, Raihan Khondker, and Will Norris
"Connect the Cathode of D1 and pin 1 of the IC to same common point to be connected to +5V."
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