hmm, very interesting, and over my head. i was going to give up and just buy a NANO to accomplish reducing the footprint and driving an LCD, but the shift register sounds very interesting.
i have put off learning about them (associated them with counters and adders), but maybe now is the time.
geoff, when you do get a chance to hook it up, i am interested to know what you found.
bill, thanks for posting that. i have begun to study it. but i have the sinking feeling that, after soldering it all together, my product will be bigger than a NANO, tho cheaper.