//**************************************************************// // Name : shiftOutCode, Predefined Dual Array Style // // Author : Carlyn Maw, Tom Igoe // // Date : 25 Oct, 2006 // // Version : 1.0 // // Notes : Code for using a 74HC595 Shift Register // // : to count from 0 to 255 // //**************************************************************** //Pin connected to ST_CP of 74HC595 int latchPin = 8; //Pin connected to SH_CP of 74HC595 int clockPin = 12; ////Pin connected to DS of 74HC595 int dataPin = 11; //holders for infromation you're going to pass to shifting function byte dataRED; byte dataGREEN; byte dataArrayRED[10]; byte dataArrayGREEN[10]; void setup() { //set pins to output because they are addressed in the main loop pinMode(latchPin, OUTPUT); Serial.begin(9600); //Arduino doesn't seem to have a way to write binary straight into the code //so these values are in HEX. Decimal would have been fine, too. dataArrayRED[0] = 0xFF; //11111111 dataArrayRED[1] = 0xFE; //11111110 dataArrayRED[2] = 0xFC; //11111100 dataArrayRED[3] = 0xF8; //11111000 dataArrayRED[4] = 0xF0; //11110000 dataArrayRED[5] = 0xE0; //11100000 dataArrayRED[6] = 0xC0; //11000000 dataArrayRED[7] = 0x80; //10000000 dataArrayRED[8] = 0x00; //00000000 dataArrayRED[9] = 0xE0; //11100000 //Arduino doesn't seem to have a way to write binary straight into the code //so these values are in HEX. Decimal would have been fine, too. dataArrayGREEN[0] = 0xFF; //11111111 dataArrayGREEN[1] = 0x7F; //01111111 dataArrayGREEN[2] = 0x3F; //00111111 dataArrayGREEN[3] = 0x1F; //00011111 dataArrayGREEN[4] = 0x0F; //00001111 dataArrayGREEN[5] = 0x07; //00000111 dataArrayGREEN[6] = 0x03; //00000011 dataArrayGREEN[7] = 0x01; //00000001 dataArrayGREEN[8] = 0x00; //00000000 dataArrayGREEN[9] = 0x07; //00000111 //function that blinks all the LEDs //gets passed the number of blinks and the pause time blinkAll_2Bytes(2,500); } void loop() { for (int j = 0; j < 10; j++) { //load the light sequence you want from array dataRED = dataArrayRED[j]; dataGREEN = dataArrayGREEN[j]; //ground latchPin and hold low for as long as you are transmitting digitalWrite(latchPin, 0); //move 'em out shiftOut(dataPin, clockPin, dataGREEN); shiftOut(dataPin, clockPin, dataRED); //return the latch pin high to signal chip that it //no longer needs to listen for information digitalWrite(latchPin, 1); delay(300); } } // the heart of the program void shiftOut(int myDataPin, int myClockPin, byte myDataOut) { // This shifts 8 bits out MSB first, //on the rising edge of the clock, //clock idles low //internal function setup int i=0; int pinState; pinMode(myClockPin, OUTPUT); pinMode(myDataPin, OUTPUT); //clear everything out just in case to //prepare shift register for bit shifting digitalWrite(myDataPin, 0); digitalWrite(myClockPin, 0); //for each bit in the byte myDataOut� //NOTICE THAT WE ARE COUNTING DOWN in our for loop //This means that %00000001 or "1" will go through such //that it will be pin Q0 that lights. for (i=7; i>=0; i--) { digitalWrite(myClockPin, 0); //if the value passed to myDataOut and a bitmask result // true then... so if we are at i=6 and our value is // %11010100 it would the code compares it to %01000000 // and proceeds to set pinState to 1. if ( myDataOut & (1<