I just assembled Shruthi-1 kit and made a first test before soldering LCD. When I connect filter board (or +5V) only led 8 turns on. I tested all leds and they were ok, triple checked chip orientations etc. Encoder or switch buttons don’t light up any led patterns.
I wonder if someone has solved same problem earlier? Could it be avr (didn’t flash it, I assumed it came pre-programmed)?
This problem has already occurred to someone who had swapped the two 74xxx chips on the digital board. Check that first!
The MCU is pre-programmed. A faulty MCU (damaged by a static discharge - this already happened to a couple of people) usually causes random LED patterns at boot.