A range of 74HC Family CMOS Logic Counters and Shift Registers from NXP. The 74HC Family use silicon gate CMOS technology to achieve operating speeds similar to the LSTTL family but with the low power consumption of standard CMOS integrated circuits.

High-Speed CMOS Logic
Operating Voltage: 2 to 6 V
Compatibility: Input CMOS, Output CMOS

The 74HC595, 74HCT595 is an 8-bit serial-in/serial or parallel-out shift register with a storage register and 3-state outputs. Both the shift and storage register have separate clocks. The device features a serial input (DS) and a serial output (Q7S) to enable cascading and an asynchronous reset MR input. A LOW on MR will reset the shift register. Data is shifted on the LOW-to-HIGH transitions of the SHCP input. The data in the shift register is transferred to the storage register on a LOW-to-HIGH transition of the STCP input. If both clocks are connected together, the shift register will always be one clock pulse ahead of the storage register.

Simple control interface
I/O expansion
Asynchronous and synchronous load options
High frequency
Cascadable
LED drivers
Key applications
Displays
Control units

74HC Family