I suggested that a while back. But I admit to being a total noob. I was looking at the MCP23017. I saw it on Boxall's site here: http://tronixstuff.com/2011/08/26/tutorial-maximising-your-arduinos-io-ports/ I purchased a couple of these a while back. When I started playing with Arduinos. Never got to needing them yet. Like I said, though, I'm learning more just listening and watching you guys. Dave, I learned some by putting together your Si570 board. Kind of like a foggy day when the sun starts burning the fog off. Things are getting clearer all the time. Ha, ha!! :-) 73 Dan -- KB9JLO https://sites.google.com/site/on30ng/ On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 5:01 PM, Dave <dave@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Why not use a I2C extender such as the PCF8574 (8 bit) or the PCA9535 > (16 bit). Since we already have I2C read and write routines for the Si570, > this would require 0 additional lines. The extenders have three address > lines which set their address. As long as each device has a different > address, there is no problem. > > Dave - WB6DHW > <http://wb6dhw.com> <http://wb6dhw.com> >