Expanding Output Pins of a PIC Microcontroller through Multiplexing

Imagine that you want to control 100 LED's with a PIC Microcontroller. No PIC Microcontroller with a DIP package having that many IO lines. This article explains two ways to expand output pins of a Microcontroller through multiplexing. Here we are using Time Division Multiplexing to expand output pins. The first method is by using D-Latch and second method is by using Serial in Parallel Out Shift register. In this tutorial we demonstrate the working by using 64 LEDs.

Using D Flip-Flop and Decoder

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