Hackaday

Dual Core Arduino For More Pins

There are easy ways of getting more I/O pins for any project; shift registers, I2C expanders, or ADCs will give you plenty of pins for whatever project you have in mind. All these require extra ...
EDN

Multiple Shift-out Registers on Arduino – part 1

Shift-out: again? Yes, shift-out registers again, now daisy-chained! But let me write down a short foreword. As probably occurs for most of the subjects, especially those related to the Arduino board, ...
Wired

The GeekDad Arduino Guide: Getting Blinky With It

In the last installment of The GeekDad Arduino Guide, I introduced you to the Arduino hardware and why it is so cool. Now, let’s start actually using an Arduino. How do you get started? Well, first ...
EDN

Multiple Shift-out Registers on Arduino – part 2

In this second article we will see a practical application of the daisy-chained shift registers. We want to use four 7-Segments LEDs controlled by the Arduino board. As you can imagine, that is ...