Connecting multiple shiFt registers - where have I gone wrong?

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Hi,

Im not sure if this has been answered before but this has me stumped.

I am looking to hook up multiple 595 shift registers with separate data in ie:

registerOne will receive data from dataPinOne.
registerTwo will recieve data from dataPinTwo.

now the first register works perfectly, register two does not receive anything. if I change the pin allocations for one to reflect two it works as well. I have separate clocks for each register but a common latch. Is this where i'm going wrong?
how should they be wired up otherwise?

Thanks for you help

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Can you post your code please.

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Sorry I have figured it out, I didn't set the second data and clock in void setup() as OUTPUTS. :fearful:

thanks anyway

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where have I gone wrong?

Well for starters the thread title needs some work :slight_smile:

Rob

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Hey Greynomad, I think that is a new type of IC that Intel is working on ]:slight_smile:

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Yeah, I think I read about them on EEweb a while back.

How's things down in the ACT? I come from there and still pass through every couple of years on my way to somewhere else.

Rob

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You shit stirrer you 8)

Yes Rob you know Canberra... same old same old but I wouldn't live anywhere else

(now you know I'm lying)

Pedro.

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I still like the place although I can't handle the cold any more. Maybe we'll cross paths next time I'm in town.

You know there's a maker shed in Downer that does a lot of Arduino stuff.

Rob

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Got the notification yesterday that this thread was started through my phone and I had to do a double take because of the title.
Silly little shit registers.

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Oh I have only just spotted the miss spelling in the title. :roll_eyes:

They are really quite good registers actually.

As they used to say on Block Busters*

Give me an F please Bob.

  • Non UK readers google it.
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You mean this?

That is all I'm getting that sorta makes sense. (I'm in the u.s.)

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Greynomad - yes I'm not a big fan of the cold either. I saw that there was a hackers club here Make, Hack,Void (catchy name) and was wondering how strong the Arduino element was so I should check it out.Happy travels, Pedro.

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You mean this?

Well it looks like the same show. In the UK it was a kids program:-

The big joke was always when a contestant asked for a "P" which is slang for urination. There was never a double entendre when they asked for an "F" which sounds even ruder but fitted the context.

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Make, Hack,Void

That's them. I think the main player has an Arduino clone on the market.

Rob

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Smart man... start a club, distribute a clone then hock it to the members. 8) That's free enterprise for you.

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wow! this topic got all....wierd...

I could blame autocorrect or I could blame the lack of sleep I had around then. Pedro147, I believe the IC are due in the next Dell series computers.

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wow! this topic got all....wierd...

That happens some times, I'm sure that if you hadn't solved the problem by post #2 we would have stayed on track :slight_smile:

Rob