Confused about the serial pins of Mega2560 w/74HC595

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Hello everyone.
I'm a bit confused about how to use my Arduino MEGA with a 74HC595 shift register.
I have been on the shift out tutorial but they use a Arduino Uno. http://arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/ShiftOut

I am then wondering what is the equivalent pinout of this tutorial for the Arduino Mega.
The 74HC595 needs 3 wires: serial clock, latch pin, data in.
Latch is any digital pin right? data in could be TX0(pin1) but what about this clock line?

I am looking forward to have your feedback.
many thanks

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You can use any three pins, take your choice.

However it's best to avoid the hardware serial pins (0 and 1) as they are used to program the chip.

Rob

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Thanks a lot.
I will have a try this evening.

cheers