M74HC164B1 shift register

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Hello all,

I'm trying to shift eight bits through my M74HC164B1 shift register (the datasheet is here: M74HC164B1 datasheet & application notes - Datasheet Archive). It has two data output pins and one clock output pin. I have shift register pins 1, 14, and 9 wired to HIGH on my breadboard, pin 7 wired to LOW on my breadboard, pin 2 (data output) wired to digital pin 9 on my arduino, pin 8 (clock output) wired to pin 2 on my arduino, and the output pins on the shift register wired to their respective LEDs. The 5V and GND pins are wired to the correct power rails on my breadboard.

I then tried uploading this program:

int data = 9;
int clock = 2;

void setup()
{
pinMode(clock, OUTPUT); // make the clock pin an output
pinMode(data , OUTPUT); // make the data pin an output
shiftOut(data, clock, LSBFIRST, B10101010); // send this binary value to the shift register
}

void loop(){} // empty loop for now

Nothing lit up though. Could someone please help me out? I want to shift a bit through and have it show up on my LEDs. Thanks!

2

Your description seems to match the part.
How are the LEDs and their current limit resistors wired up?

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ahhreeyell, try putting the shift out in the main loop. I was working on a timer recently that did initial animation of the time in the setup, but when I left the loop blank, it did the animation, but then just displayed 0 when it hit the loop.

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The LEDs are wired to the output pins (3 through 4 and 10 through 13) on the shift register. I used various resistors, but mostly 1Ks.

I tried putting the shiftOut() function in loop(), but no results. :frowning: