I had to try and explain what a serial in parallel out shift register does, and came up with this, which might be of some use to newcomers. A postman ( mailman ) has to deliver 10 parcels to 10 houses in a row, he can only carry one at a time, so to save a lot of walking, he comes up with the idea …

simple explanation of shift register use.

CrossRoads April 25, 2011, 4:58pm 4

Okay PaulS, how about 16 bits then?

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