Anyhow, arrangements were done in order to re-program the uC correctly.

We’ll see how things work out.

As long as everything is assembled and soldered properly, we should end up with a fully functionnal circuit.

Unfortunately I ended up with a wrongly programmed microcontroller.

From left to right, the leds are labeled Led1 through Led8. For instance, with the chaser effects, the leds should be sequentially lit from 1 to 8, however on my unit the sequence is 1,2,3,4,6,5,8,7 which leads to a broken effect.

There is an effect where only one led is flickering and there is another where all the leds remain solid.

Obviously, there is a problem with the PIC itself. I’ve been lucky enough to think about installing a socket for the chip, so it will be a breeze to replace.

Here’s a clip showing what is happening : http://youtu.be/KH__K16riQA

Aki, I will need a replacement for that chip, so could you tell me how we can proceed ?

Happy LedArt’ing !!!

The blue led’s have the flat on the cathode side, while the pcb shows a square pin and a common negative round pad (right?). Is the square pad positive? On the pcb, is the round common pad negitive? Making the flat on the led OPPOSITE from the pcb layout?

Thanks.

Aki