> > > > > And using the 74595 to expand my I/O capabilities and because then I can send > > the > > > > > values received in from MAME straight to the chip, no conversion needed. > > > > > > > > If you drive the 7-segment directly from Ardino GPIO you don't need to convert > > the > > > > values. That's the entire reason I said to do that. > > > > > > He won't have to convert the values if he uses the 74595 either. You missed that > he > > > wants to do it as an exercise in driving an external shift register. It makes a > bit > > > more sense now. > > > > Yes, like I said I can use the output straight from mame and send it to the shift > > register as the decimal output gets converted to the right binary output just due > to > > the nature of the devices.
Ya, at the risk of seeming more mad I'll stop talking . Thanks guys
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On a quest for Digital 573 and Dancing Stage EuroMix 2