#Chain-Decoder

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long blaze
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This is a chain-able two-pin Decoder, built with a need for larger decoders than three-pin or so.

Feed it an 8-bit signal on the 8-Bit Bus-In.
This pin, and the Disable pin, are the only two external inputs.

If you wish to chain two or more Chain-Decoders, run an 8-bit wire from the 8-Bit Bus-Out of the first decoder to the 8-Bit Bus-In of the second decoder, and another 8-bit wire from Chain-Out on the first decoder to the Chain-In of the second decoder.

Voila!

In series, this should hypothetically let you make an entire 8-pin decoder to access 256 unique outputs with minimal headache.
I only tested up to sixteen outputs, but I'm confident I nailed it.
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long blaze
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Here's a three-and-a-half pin decoder, as a small example of how to use the device.

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The first two Chain-Decoders go to eight whole registers ( wow, that's a whole 33.3% more registers than the game recommended! ) and the third Chain-Decoder is used for IO, and currently has three unused outputs so far.

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That orange line is the disable pin.

It disables all decoders down the line from it as well.