I want to power an 8-Bit shift register with the 5-Volt line from an arduino, but the shift register broke because it had too many watts (Thank god I was using a simulator!) Is there any way I could reduce the wattage?

 

What do you mean by simulator, what kind of simulator(hardware, software)?
Which 8-Bit shift register, the real ic number?
What exactly the wattage is?

 

What shift register were you using? What else is in your circuit? A larger power source isn't an option??

 

Logic circuits don't fail because of too many watts, but can from too high a voltage.
Post a schematic of what you have.

 

I'll do that when I get home. It is a
SN74HC595

 

Chips don't break in a simulator.

 

What, exactly, do you mean by it broke due to too many watts? On the surface this is a nonsensical claim, but it is probably just a strange way of expressing the symptoms of what actually occurred.

 

You really need to post an image of your circuit, otherwise it will take a long time and lots of questions to be answered before receiving any truly useful replies.

A wild guess tells me that you may be trying to power LEDs from the '595 outputs, but are not using current limiting resistors in series with the LEDs - or you're trying to do something like power coils directly.

 

You really need to post an image of your circuit, otherwise it will take a long time and lots of questions to be answered before receiving any truly useful replies.

A wild guess tells me that you may be trying to power LEDs from the '595 outputs, but are not using current limiting resistors in series with the LEDs - or you're trying to do something like power coils directly.

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