dumped all my old arduino stuff in here.

sketch_100405a/sketch_100405a.pde

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+//164 pins
+int clearPin = 2; // enablepin
+int dataPin = 3;
+int clockPin = 4;
+
+//165 pins
+int inclearPin = 11; // enablepin
+int indataPin = 9;
+int inclockPin = 10;
+int inloadPin = 12; // toggling this tells the 165 to read the value into its memory for reading
+
+int temp = 0;
+
+void setup() {
+
+  //start serial
+  Serial.begin(9600);
+
+  //164
+  pinMode(clearPin, OUTPUT);
+  digitalWrite(clearPin, 1); // enable output, you could also tie this pin to VCC
+  pinMode(dataPin, OUTPUT);
+  pinMode(clockPin, OUTPUT);
+
+  //165
+  pinMode(inclearPin, OUTPUT);
+  digitalWrite(inclearPin, 0); // enable input, you could also tie this pin to GND
+  pinMode(indataPin, INPUT);
+  pinMode(inclockPin, OUTPUT);
+  pinMode(inloadPin, OUTPUT);
+
+
+  //we want to set the 164's outputs to any combination of 1's and 0's we want
+  //going to set the 164 outputs to 11101101 or on,on,on,off,on,on,off,on if you prefer, where on is 5v and off is grnd
+  //1st bit
+  digitalWrite(clockPin, 0);
+  digitalWrite(dataPin, 1);
+  digitalWrite(clockPin, 1);
+  //2nd bit
+  digitalWrite(clockPin, 0);
+  digitalWrite(dataPin, 1);
+  digitalWrite(clockPin, 1);
+  //3rd bit
+  digitalWrite(clockPin, 0);
+  digitalWrite(dataPin, 1);
+  digitalWrite(clockPin, 1);
+  //4th bit
+  digitalWrite(clockPin, 0);
+  digitalWrite(dataPin, 0);
+  digitalWrite(clockPin, 1);
+  //5th bit
+  digitalWrite(clockPin, 0);
+  digitalWrite(dataPin, 1);
+  digitalWrite(clockPin, 1);
+  //6th bit
+  digitalWrite(clockPin, 0);
+  digitalWrite(dataPin, 1);
+  digitalWrite(clockPin, 1);
+  //7th bit
+  digitalWrite(clockPin, 0);
+  digitalWrite(dataPin, 0);
+  digitalWrite(clockPin, 1);
+  //8th bit
+  digitalWrite(clockPin, 0);
+  digitalWrite(dataPin, 1);
+  digitalWrite(clockPin, 1);
+
+}
+
+// now its time to read the values that we outputted back in
+
+void loop() {
+
+  digitalWrite(inloadPin, 0); // read into register (tells the 165 to take a snapshot of its input pins)
+  digitalWrite(inloadPin, 1); // done reading into register, ready for us to read
+
+  for(int i=0; i<=7; i++){ // read each of the 165's 8 inputs (or its snapshot of it rather)
+
+  // tell the 165 to send the inputs pin state
+  digitalWrite(inclockPin, 0);
+  // read the current output
+  temp = digitalRead(indataPin); // read the state
+  // tell the 165 we are done reading
+  digitalWrite(inclockPin, 1);
+
+  Serial.print (temp);
+
+  }
+
+  Serial.println ("");
+  Serial.println ("--------");
+
+  delay(2000);
+
+}