greetings midiboxers, i am the resident n00b, this is my first post, so please be gentle... i hope to build a seq, but thought i would start with a mon to learn more about the platform. i have completed the initial build with the following results: the core and the display seem to work fine. when powered up, it goes through the usual motions and then i get 4 lines of <no event>. so i think the application software is running fine. i have built a doutX4 and the octal seven seg display for midi time code. herein lies the problem. the display never lights. should it after a power up? or does it wait until it receives MTC to light up and begin to display? i took an oscope and noodled around on the first shift register a bit. the two clocks (SCLK and RCLK, pins 11 & 12) have good looking TTL pulse trains on them (i don't know what they should look like) but at least there is activity. the data input line (SER, pin 14) goes to a TTL high immediately after power up and stays there. there is never any activity on this line at all. is this normal? i have also verified that pins 10 & 16 are high (5v) and pins 8 & 13 are low (gnd). i am using hardware that i purchased 4 weeks ago from smash. i have loaded the setup_default.hex application file included in the midimon_v2_0b.zip file downloaded from uCapps. any ideas? many thanks in advance. and also, my thanks to TK and this amazing resource and community. i look forward to becoming a productive member here. gtxdude
