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LOL ;D Thats great BTW. The uC prrogram at Purdue is awesome

I am going to lay it out in a simple way. You can mix and match resistor however you like but make sure you have the same values or it may not work like it was ment to be

The series resistor it will work but is overkill .5k ohm may make adiference depending on what is that resitor is being use for, the cap question is the same what is it use for filtering? . My advice is www.digikey.com is cheaper, and they have more parts