i have finally been able to wire my shift registers and LED's correctly (only doing it for 16LED's (ignoring the blinking ones for now)
i have been testing it with the code supplied on. http://arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/ShiftOut and have wired my 2 shift registers the same as it is shown.
the problem i have is when it is turned on, all the LED's turn on and do nothing, occasionally it will do some sort of array but not what it should be doing.
do i need to reset the shift registers? they are 74h595's and if so how?
this is the code i want to test it with which is taken from the above link
//Pin connected to ST_CP of 74HC595
int latchPin = 8;
//Pin connected to SH_CP of 74HC595
int clockPin = 12;
////Pin connected to DS of 74HC595
int dataPin = 11;//holders for infromation you're going to pass to shifting function
byte dataRED;
byte dataGREEN;
byte dataArrayRED[10];
byte dataArrayGREEN[10];void setup() {
//set pins to output because they are addressed in the main loop
pinMode(latchPin, OUTPUT);
Serial.begin(9600);//Arduino doesn't seem to have a way to write binary straight into the code
//so these values are in HEX. Decimal would have been fine, too.
dataArrayRED[0] = 0xFF; //11111111
dataArrayRED[1] = 0xFE; //11111110
dataArrayRED[2] = 0xFC; //11111100
dataArrayRED[3] = 0xF8; //11111000
dataArrayRED[4] = 0xF0; //11110000
dataArrayRED[5] = 0xE0; //11100000
dataArrayRED[6] = 0xC0; //11000000
dataArrayRED[7] = 0x80; //10000000
dataArrayRED[8] = 0x00; //00000000
dataArrayRED[9] = 0xE0; //11100000//Arduino doesn't seem to have a way to write binary straight into the code
//so these values are in HEX. Decimal would have been fine, too.
dataArrayGREEN[0] = 0xFF; //11111111
dataArrayGREEN[1] = 0x7F; //01111111
dataArrayGREEN[2] = 0x3F; //00111111
dataArrayGREEN[3] = 0x1F; //00011111
dataArrayGREEN[4] = 0x0F; //00001111
dataArrayGREEN[5] = 0x07; //00000111
dataArrayGREEN[6] = 0x03; //00000011
dataArrayGREEN[7] = 0x01; //00000001
dataArrayGREEN[8] = 0x00; //00000000
dataArrayGREEN[9] = 0x07; //00000111//function that blinks all the LEDs
//gets passed the number of blinks and the pause time
blinkAll_2Bytes(2,500);
}void loop() {
for (int j = 0; j < 10; j++) {
//load the light sequence you want from array
dataRED = dataArrayRED[j];
dataGREEN = dataArrayGREEN[j];
//ground latchPin and hold low for as long as you are transmitting
digitalWrite(latchPin, 0);
//move 'em out
shiftOut(dataPin, clockPin, dataGREEN);
shiftOut(dataPin, clockPin, dataRED);
//return the latch pin high to signal chip that it
//no longer needs to listen for information
digitalWrite(latchPin, 1);
delay(300);
}
}// the heart of the program
void shiftOut(int myDataPin, int myClockPin, byte myDataOut) {
// This shifts 8 bits out MSB first,
//on the rising edge of the clock,
//clock idles low//internal function setup
int i=0;
int pinState;
pinMode(myClockPin, OUTPUT);
pinMode(myDataPin, OUTPUT);//clear everything out just in case to
//prepare shift register for bit shifting
digitalWrite(myDataPin, 0);
digitalWrite(myClockPin, 0);//for each bit in the byte myDataOut?
//NOTICE THAT WE ARE COUNTING DOWN in our for loop
//This means that %00000001 or "1" will go through such
//that it will be pin Q0 that lights.
for (i=7; i>=0; i--) {
digitalWrite(myClockPin, 0);//if the value passed to myDataOut and a bitmask result
// true then... so if we are at i=6 and our value is
// %11010100 it would the code compares it to %01000000
// and proceeds to set pinState to 1.
if ( myDataOut & (1<<i) ) {
pinState= 1;
}
else {
pinState= 0;
}//Sets the pin to HIGH or LOW depending on pinState
digitalWrite(myDataPin, pinState);
//register shifts bits on upstroke of clock pin
digitalWrite(myClockPin, 1);
//zero the data pin after shift to prevent bleed through
digitalWrite(myDataPin, 0);
}//stop shifting
digitalWrite(myClockPin, 0);
}//blinks the whole register based on the number of times you want to
//blink "n" and the pause between them "d"
//starts with a moment of darkness to make sure the first blink
//has its full visual effect.
void blinkAll_2Bytes(int n, int d) {
digitalWrite(latchPin, 0);
shiftOut(dataPin, clockPin, 0);
shiftOut(dataPin, clockPin, 0);
digitalWrite(latchPin, 1);
delay(200);
for (int x = 0; x < n; x++) {
digitalWrite(latchPin, 0);
shiftOut(dataPin, clockPin, 255);
shiftOut(dataPin, clockPin, 255);
digitalWrite(latchPin, 1);
delay(d);
digitalWrite(latchPin, 0);
shiftOut(dataPin, clockPin, 0);
shiftOut(dataPin, clockPin, 0);
digitalWrite(latchPin, 1);
delay(d);
}
}