Home › Forums › Microcontrollers › PIC Microcontroller › 18F4550 with 74LS138 This topic has 2 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 7 years, 9 months ago by ericJ. Viewing 3 posts - 1 through 3 (of 3 total) Author Posts June 10, 2015 at 11:25 am #11467 ericJParticipant I am trying to connect 127 switches to the microcontroller using three 74ls138 decoders how will I scan the switch for buttons pessed June 11, 2015 at 8:30 am #11471 Ligo GeorgeKeymaster You may use it like matrix keypad. Use 6 pins of PIC as inputs such that you can connect 24 x 6 = 144 switches. June 20, 2015 at 9:41 am #11507 ericJParticipant I used the program in the tutorials on the 4×4 keypad as an example I modified it to scan the rows using the 74LS138 but I can not get it to work properly. I attached the I used. Please let me know what I am doing wrong. Author Posts Viewing 3 posts - 1 through 3 (of 3 total) You must be logged in to reply to this topic. Log In Username: Password: Keep me signed in Log In