Re: Simple Clockable Decoder Chip

On May 6, 5:27 pm, linnix <m...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Only one pin is needed from the microcontroller.

With the shift register setup, two pins are needed (one for clock, one
for data input).

If you did it right for the display, you can free up more than one pin
for the shift register.


Please elaborate, I haven't a clue what you're on about.
.

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