I have a MC74HC4053N which I am trying to use to read the value of several different pots. I wired it all up correctly (at least I think) following this - Arduino Playground - 4051
No matter what I can't seem to get any values from the output pin... I put a multimeter on it and it's always reading 0V. Is there some difference with the 4053 that makes it behave differently from the 4051?
(at least I think)
SHOW us what you did so far.
Pin 6 is the inhibit pin on the 4053. This has to be connected to ground before it will work. I assume you have made the other changes to reflect the different pin numbers?
The 4053 is a three channel device, that is there are three outputs, each output can be chosen from one of two inputs. Each of the select lines controls only one output deciding if it should output input 0 or input 1. The 4051 on the other hand has only one output with 8 inputs and the select lines work together to decide what input to connect to the output.
Have you seen the data sheet?
I'm a moron... I've been referencing the datasheet but I've been referencing the wrong pin diagram :-[ Sorry for wasting your time 
No worries, thanks for getting back and letting us know what is wrong.