SN74HC595N Shift Register IC

74HC595

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Use a shift register to additional digital outputs to your Arduino.  Shift 8 bits serially into the shift register and output them in parallel. You can daisy-chain shift registers together add even more outputs.

Download the 74HC595 Shift Register Datasheet (PDF)

Buy the SN74HC595N Shift Register from Amazon, SparkFun, Adafruit, or Newark.