On Wed, 19 Jun 2002, Tal Dayan wrote:

>Hello,
>
>One of the designs I am working needs many (100 to 200) outputs pins (0/5V
>signal) controlled by a single mid size PIC. What is the cheapest way (cents
>per output pin) adding output pins to a PIC ?
>
>This is a mass production product but an ASIC is out of question at this
>point.
>
>Speed is not an a primary issue so using reasonable serial communication is
>OK.

Look at LCD segment drivers. They can be used as you wish to.

Peter

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