How Shift Registers Work!

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[BortPlate]

As usual, a short youtube video puts hours of lectures and book material to shame. Thank you!

[MacPrible]

When you first demonstrated the shift register working, I thought "there's no way this is going to become clear to me in 10 minutes." And then now I'm sitting here thinking, "yeah, shift registers. I understand those." Well done!

[abufidu]

Shif Registers are no longer a mystery to me. Thanks, man.

[xRawlins]

This was hands-down the best practical Shift Register explanation video I've found so far.

Seriously, great video.

[kufirre]

One of the best tutorials I've seen for explaining SIPO (Serial In Parallel Out) shift registers. Thank you

[SparkyyGames]

best fucking video ive seen in my life. all other videos make it so confusing and this is so simple

[batuhanmete]

this is the best explanation of shift registers of ALL TIME. Thanks man

[henryrey]

The fact that you implemented push buttons really helped me understand everything. You've own a new subscriber!

[hansbraggaar]

Dear Kevin, recently I retired and, though not educated in electronics, I picked it as a hobby. Until recently I was a complete dummy and despite all other good articles one needs a teacher in front of the blackboard. My goal is to build the 8x8x8 RGB LED cube. But, as I have read, it may not work! So I needed some more understanding of all the different parts and all the acabadrabra. Thanks to your videos I have learned a lot. They Are Fabulous!! Give yourself a pad on the shoulder. Keep going brother.

[izotopz]

EXCELLENT video. You explained it in a way no one was able to explain it on any other video or forum I visited. It's actually quite simple. People tend to start by diving into applications right away without going over the basics. You went over the basics, and now it's for us to figure out the numerous applications! Thanks.

[danaanderson]

I have played with electronic projects for years just for fun during the long cold winters. I play with the Basic Stamp and A/D converters, temp sensors, easy things like that. I have always wanted to learn how to build and use the basic circuit building blocks that make up a real circuit. Over the years my interest in electronics has faded a 'bit' (see what I did there?).

I had to buy an oscilloscope for work and was doing some research when I ran across your videos on the shift registers.

You explain everything is such a way that it is easy to understand. I'm excited to watch more of your videos. Tonight's project is to dig out all of my electronic parts and get to work on your shift register project. I know I have some 595's just not sure why I ever bought

Thanks a zillion!!

[trox]

WOW what a comprehensive tutorial, 11 yrs later, still makes sense!

[MannheimBR]

I'm starting from mostly scratch with this foray into the realm of microcontrollers (it's been over 20 years since I got my Mech Engr degree). But it's so gratifying when you figure this stuff out. Makes me feel like a kid again. Thankfully I still have my day job! Looking forward to seeing more of you videos! Will stay in touch!

[nebiyoutadesse]

You are literally the best, best explanation I have seen and understood so far. Thank You very much.

[KillJD]

I signed up to your channel a week ago and I'm very glad. This video pulled the cloak off of shift registers for me. By setting it up and showing us how it's done manually goes a long way to understanding it. Thanks a lot. Appreciate it!

[marco_]

The most practical and simplified explanation of shift registers I have seen, thank you for taking the time making this.

[mauricioberne]

Huge thank you! I went to college in the 80's for electronics and they did not explain shift registers correctly so I never thought I would use them. Now in 12 minutes I learned what I couldn't for the last 30 some odd year. So thank you.

[dwdw]

wow! Great tutorials!
Thank you for just putting it in plain English so others can understand you.
I watched a ton of tutorials on shift registers and you taught me more in 10 minutes than a host of others did in several hours.

[mattdorsey]

Kevin you did a very good job with this. I already knew all about this shift register but that hasn't stopped me from watching your video repeatedly just to admire the awesome presentation. You nailed it.

[williambrown]

Good job explaining how this works. It makes a world of difference seeing it happen physically rather than trusting that what you programmed into your micro-controller wasn't just a happy accident...especially when you very new to programming.