Centipede Shield - also a contest!

Normal arduino code is working...
I am running arduino 17
I have downloaded the library and tried your example code.

If I run this:

#include <Wire.h>
#include <Centipede.h>

Centipede CS; // create Centipede object
int ledPin = 13;

void setup()
{
  Wire.begin(); // start I2C
  pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT);
  CS.initialize();
}


void loop()
{
  digitalWrite(ledPin, HIGH);   // set the LED on
  delay(1000);                  // wait for a second
  digitalWrite(ledPin, LOW);    // set the LED off
  delay(1000);                  // wait for a second
}

Then it stalls on the CS.initialize();

if I run it without the CS.initialize(); then I get LED flashy as would be expected...

Chip 1 looked like two or three of the bottom right pins were connected together upon closer inspection of the board. I used a very sharp knife to make sure that none of them are but still no joy to be found. Could it be that that caused some problem to start with and now the chips are bust?

Mowcius