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Has anybody mentioned using a 74x165?  8 parallel in, serial out?
Load, shift, data: 3 pins.

Robert Adsett wrote:
> At 10:29 PM 6/24/2007 +0000, you wrote:
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> I need to read an 8 switch dip switch but I only have 3 inputs left.
>> I'm using 2 AAA batteries for this project so I need to use low
>> voltage/low power parts.  Anybody have any good ideas?
> 
> A priority encoder such as 74x148?  Encodes the highest priority switch 
> into a 3 bit value.  Basically the inverse of a '138
> 
> Robert


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