Just cascade the bit shifter. Have to get the logic right first. John --- Edward King wrote: > Hi! > > This is my first post, so hello to everyone on the > list... > > I need to run a bargraph display from a PIC (exact > type to be decided, but I > have a range of 16F and a couple of 18F devices > lying around). > The trouble is that due to space constraints, Im not > really able to squeeze > a 40 pin device in to the assembly and I dont have > many GPIO lines left > over... > > So my intention was to use a serial to parallel > shift register to give me > the required outs from a couple of pins. Trouble is > that it seems only 8 bit > SRs are common now (and the level meters / bargraph > displays are all 10 > part) so I was wondering how other people have done > this. > > I tried looking through the archives, but I couldnt > find anything where the > designer has adopted this approach. > > EK > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist