I am having trouble integrating a LED Stick APA102C into my setup. I am using a Sparkfun RedBoard Qwiic and Mac OS. The LED stick works fine when attached directly to the board with nothing else and using code examples from the library. But when I connect it to my “big project” my code no longer works, and I am simply trying to initialize the LED Stick, Im not even trying to turn it on. which makes me think it is a communication issue.
My “big project” currently has a LCD screen (16,2) and two buttons connected to the I/O on the board, then 5 qwiic button breakouts and 2 qwiic motor drivers (running 4 motors). All the qwiic devices are daisy chained. The motor drivers have a separate power source. Currently all I2C pull up jumpers are disabled including the LED Stick. I have used the I2C scanner and all device addresses show up. I am new to all of this so let me know if further info is needed. and thanks in advance for any advice.