Arduino - ShftIn12

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//  Name    : shiftIn Example 1.2                               //
//  Author  : Carlyn Maw                                        //
//  Date    : 25 Jan, 2007                                      //
//  Version : 1.0                                               //
//  Notes   : Code for using a CD4021B Shift Register       //
//          :                                                   //
//****************************************************************

//define where your pins are
int latchPin = 8;
int dataPin = 9;
int clockPin = 7;

//Define variables to hold the data
//for shift register.
//starting with a non-zero numbers can help
//troubleshoot
byte switchVar1 = 72;  //01001000

//define an array that corresponds to values for each
//of the shift register's pins
char note2sing[] = {

  'C', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'a', 'b', 'c'};

void setup() {

  //start serial

  Serial.begin(9600);

  //define pin modes

  pinMode(latchPin, OUTPUT);

  pinMode(clockPin, OUTPUT);

  pinMode(dataPin, INPUT);

}

void loop() {

  //Pulse the latch pin:

  //set it to 1 to collect parallel data

  digitalWrite(latchPin,1);

  //set it to 1 to collect parallel data, wait

  delayMicroseconds(20);

  //set it to 0 to transmit data serially

  digitalWrite(latchPin,0);

  //while the shift register is in serial mode

  //collect each shift register into a byte

  //the register attached to the chip comes in first

  switchVar1 = shiftIn(dataPin, clockPin);

  //Print out the results.

  //leading 0's at the top of the byte

  //(7, 6, 5, etc) will be dropped before

  //the first pin that has a high input

  //reading

  Serial.println(switchVar1, BIN);

  //This for-loop steps through the byte

  //bit by bit which holds the shift register data

  //and if it was high (1) then it prints

  //the corresponding location in the array

  for (int n=0; n<=7; n++)

  {

    //so, when n is 3, it compares the bits

    //in switchVar1 and the binary number 00001000

    //which will only return true if there is a

    //1 in that bit (ie that pin) from the shift

    //register.

    if (switchVar1 & (1 << n) ){

      //print the value of the array location

      Serial.println(note2sing[n]);

    }

  }

//white space
Serial.println("-------------------");
//delay so all these print satements can keep up.
delay(500);

}

//------------------------------------------------end main loop

////// ----------------------------------------shiftIn function
///// just needs the location of the data pin and the clock pin
///// it returns a byte with each bit in the byte corresponding
///// to a pin on the shift register. leftBit 7 = Pin 7 / Bit 0= Pin 0

byte shiftIn(int myDataPin, int myClockPin) {

  int i;

  int temp = 0;

  int pinState;

  byte myDataIn = 0;

  pinMode(myClockPin, OUTPUT);

  pinMode(myDataPin, INPUT);
//we will be holding the clock pin high 8 times (0,..,7) at the
//end of each time through the for loop

//at the begining of each loop when we set the clock low, it will
//be doing the necessary low to high drop to cause the shift
//register's DataPin to change state based on the value
//of the next bit in its serial information flow.
//The register transmits the information about the pins from pin 7 to pin 0
//so that is why our function counts down

  for (i=7; i>=0; i--)

  {

    digitalWrite(myClockPin, 0);

    delayMicroseconds(0.2);

    temp = digitalRead(myDataPin);

    if (temp) {

      pinState = 1;

      //set the bit to 0 no matter what

      myDataIn = myDataIn | (1 << i);

    }

    else {

      //turn it off -- only necessary for debuging

     //print statement since myDataIn starts as 0

      pinState = 0;

    }

    //Debuging print statements

    //Serial.print(pinState);

    //Serial.print("     ");

    //Serial.println (dataIn, BIN);

    digitalWrite(myClockPin, 1);

  }

  //debuging print statements whitespace

  //Serial.println();

  //Serial.println(myDataIn, BIN);

  return myDataIn;
}