Dec 032016
 

Since I keep forgetting what pins I used for the ‘595 ICs which drive my 16 segment LED clock, here the pinout:

1: Vcc   2: GND
3: /SCK  4: NC
5: SER   6: NC
7: /RCK  8: NC
9:      10: NC

Since it’s HC595, Vcc is 2 up to 6V

And while on this topic, the 16 segment has this order when sending a 16 bit stream:

t-s-r-n-m-k-p-u-h-g-e-f-d-c-b-a.

Bit 0 is t, bit 15 is a.