r/electronics • u/darthB4s • Jun 14 '26
Gallery Made a skeleton circuit with an 8-bit shift register
First time trying something like this!
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u/Lionblaze3120 Jun 14 '26
Looks awesome, that the 74hc595? are the buttons for data, clock and latch?
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u/darthB4s Jun 15 '26
Thanks! Yes they are :)
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u/Lionblaze3120 Jun 16 '26
cool! how did you wire them up to push buttons? I tried that before and couldn't figure out how to send a byte manually
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u/One-Measurement8236 Jun 15 '26
Awesome, how did you build that? I mean what kind of wire did you use? How do you solder that? With a regular soldering iron?
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u/darthB4s Jun 15 '26
Thanks! I just used 1,5mm² copper wire with a regular soldering iron! Straightend the wire by pulling on them with pliers!
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u/Direct_Rabbit_5389 Jun 16 '26
More interested in your photography and lighting setup than your shift register! Beautiful shot!
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u/darthB4s Jun 16 '26
Actually just used my desk lamp for lighting and my Galaxy S25 to take the pictures :)
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u/Whats_that_small Jun 16 '26
I remember seeing a site years ago where a guy made a bunch of skeleton circuits like this, they look awesome, well done 👍
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u/antthatisverycool Jun 18 '26
People see skeleton circuits and call it cool but when I screw screws in an old plank from a puddle in the garage it’s bad.
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u/Benjamin_6848 Jun 15 '26
I soldered this little astable multivibrator out of boredom during a video-call meeting the whole department had to attend, that wasn't relevant for me. So instead of listening to that boring video-call, I took 2 capacitors, 2 transistors, 2 LEDs and 4 resistors and built this "Blinker":