Brian:
What about using a 74HC299? All eight I/O pins change direction as a
group.

-- Rich


Brian Aase wrote:
>
> I'm starting a project in which a number of inputs (>16) need to
> be periodically read via the SSP (SPI) bus.  In the beginning it
> looked like using a few 74HC165A's would be just the thing,
> until I realized that the outputs are not tristate.  Thus I can't
> tie multiple outputs together onto the SDI line :-(
> Can anyone suggest a chip with a similar function that DOES
> have a tristate output?
> Brian Aase
>
> PS. I'm using a 16C62B, if anyone is curious.
>
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