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While it is possible to add input and output ports with various CMOS chips, sometimes more flexibility is required. The pin functions of chips like the 74HC165 and 74HC595 are fixed as input or output. Sometimes it is desirable to be able to configure them as required like the Raspberry Pi’s own GPIO ports. This chapter will examine the Microchip MCP23017 peripheral chip, which can offer any combination of 16 GPIO ports (in DIP form), each of which can be individually configured as input or output. Figure 11-1 illustrates the chip sitting on a breadboard.
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Gay, W. (2017). MCP23017 I/O Port Extender. In: Custom Raspberry Pi Interfaces. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-2406-9_11
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