> I am looking for a parallel in, serial out latch to provide more > inputs for the microcontroller. The one I found is the 74HC165. > Do you know if it is possible to cascade few 74HC165s > together? I can't find this information on the datasheet. I would think that connecting q7 of (1) to the DS of (2) and so on would transfer data from (1) to (2).....(n) and out of the last q7 into the PIC via the clock if PL/ is high -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body