LED Cube Code

ledcube.cpp

int latchPin = 1;
int clockPin = 0;
int dataPin = 2;

//kek, last column is on pin 3

int powers[] = {0,1,2,4,8,16,32,64,128,256,512,1024,2048,4096,8192,16384,32768,65536,131072};
char a[][5][5] = {{{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00010, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00110, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00110, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00110, B00100, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00110, B00100, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00110, B00110, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00110, B00110, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B01100, B01100, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B01100, B01100, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B01100, B01100, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B01100, B01100, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B01100, B01100, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B01100, B01100, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B01100, B01100, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B01100, B01100, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00110, B00110, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00110, B00110, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00010, B00110, B01110, B00000},{B00000, B00010, B00110, B01110, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00010, B00110, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00110, B01110, B01110, B00000},{B00000, B00110, B01110, B01110, B00000},{B00000, B00010, B00110, B01110, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B01110, B01110, B01110, B00000},{B00000, B01110, B01110, B01110, B00000},{B00000, B00110, B01110, B01110, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B01110, B01110, B01110, B00000},{B00000, B01110, B01110, B01110, B00000},{B00000, B01110, B01110, B01110, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B11100, B11100, B11100, B00000},{B00000, B11100, B11100, B11100, B00000},{B00000, B11100, B11100, B11100, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00000, B11100, B11100, B11100, B00000},{B00000, B11100, B11100, B11100, B00000},{B00000, B11100, B11100, B11100, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00000, B11100, B11100, B11100, B00000},{B00000, B11100, B11100, B11100, B00000},{B00000, B11000, B11100, B11100, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00000, B11100, B11100, B11100, B00000},{B00000, B11000, B11100, B11100, B00000},{B00000, B10000, B11000, B11100, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00000, B11000, B11100, B11100, B00000},{B00000, B10000, B11000, B11100, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B10000, B11000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00000, B10000, B11000, B11100, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B10000, B11000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B10000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00000, B00000, B10000, B11000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B10000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00000, B00000, B00000, B10000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00000, B00000, B10000, B10000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00000, B10000, B10000, B10000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B10000, B10000, B10000, B10000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B11000, B10000, B10000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B11100, B10000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B11100, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00100, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B01100, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00110, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00100, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00110, B00010, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00110, B00010, B00010, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00010, B00010, B00010, B00010, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00010, B00010, B00110, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00010, B01110, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B11110, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B11100, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B10000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B11000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B10000, B10000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B10000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B11000, B10000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B11100, B10000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B11110, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00010, B01110, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00010, B00010, B00110, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00010, B00010, B00010, B00000, B00000},{B00010, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00010, B00010, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00110, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00010, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B01110, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B11110, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B11100, B10000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B11000, B11000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B10000, B11100, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B11110, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00010, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B01110, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00010, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00010, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00110, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00000, B00010, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00010, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00010, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00010, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00010, B00010, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00010, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00010, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00110, B00010, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00010, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B01110, B00010, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B11110, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B11110, B10000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B11110, B11000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B11110, B11100, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B11110, B11110, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B11110, B11110, B00010, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B11110, B11110, B00110, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B11110, B11110, B01110, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B11110, B11110, B11110, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B11110, B11110, B11110, B10000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B11110, B11110, B11110, B11000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B11110, B11110, B11110, B11100, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B11110, B11110, B11110, B11110, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B11110, B11110, B11110, B11110, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B01110, B01110, B01110, B01110, B00000},{B10000, B10000, B10000, B10000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00110, B00110, B00110, B00110, B00000},{B01000, B01000, B01000, B01000, B00000},{B10000, B10000, B10000, B10000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00010, B00010, B00010, B00010, B00000},{B00100, B00100, B00100, B00100, B00000},{B01000, B01000, B01000, B01000, B00000},{B10000, B10000, B10000, B10000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00010, B00010, B00010, B00010, B00000},{B00010, B00010, B00010, B00010, B00000},{B00100, B00100, B00100, B00100, B00000},{B01000, B01000, B01000, B01000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00010, B00010, B00010, B00010, B00000},{B00010, B00010, B00010, B00010, B00000},{B00010, B00010, B00010, B00010, B00000},{B00100, B00100, B00100, B00100, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00010, B00010, B00010, B00010, B00000},{B00010, B00010, B00010, B00010, B00000},{B00010, B00010, B00010, B00010, B00000},{B00010, B00010, B00010, B00010, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00100, B00010, B00010, B00010, B00000},{B00100, B00010, B00010, B00010, B00000},{B00100, B00010, B00010, B00010, B00000},{B00100, B00010, B00010, B00010, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B01000, B00100, B00010, B00010, B00000},{B01000, B00100, B00010, B00010, B00000},{B01000, B00100, B00010, B00010, B00000},{B01000, B00100, B00010, B00010, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B10000, B01000, B00100, B00010, B00000},{B10000, B01000, B00100, B00010, B00000},{B10000, B01000, B00100, B00010, B00000},{B10000, B01000, B00100, B00010, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00000, B11000, B00110, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B11000, B00110, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B11000, B00110, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B11000, B00110, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00000, B00110, B11000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00110, B11000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00110, B11000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00110, B11000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00010, B00100, B01000, B10000, B00000},{B00010, B00100, B01000, B10000, B00000},{B00010, B00100, B01000, B10000, B00000},{B00010, B00100, B01000, B10000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00100, B00100, B01000, B01000, B00000},{B00100, B00100, B01000, B01000, B00000},{B00100, B00100, B01000, B01000, B00000},{B00100, B00100, B01000, B01000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B01000, B01000, B00100, B00100, B00000},{B01000, B01000, B00100, B00100, B00000},{B01000, B01000, B00100, B00100, B00000},{B01000, B01000, B00100, B00100, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B10000, B01000, B00100, B00010, B00000},{B10000, B01000, B00100, B00010, B00000},{B10000, B01000, B00100, B00010, B00000},{B10000, B01000, B00100, B00010, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00000, B11000, B00110, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B11000, B00110, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B11000, B00110, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B11000, B00110, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00000, B00110, B11000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00110, B11000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00110, B11000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00110, B11000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00010, B00100, B01000, B10000, B00000},{B00010, B00100, B01000, B10000, B00000},{B00010, B00100, B01000, B10000, B00000},{B00010, B00100, B01000, B10000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B10000, B01000, B00100, B00010, B00000},{B10000, B01000, B00100, B00010, B00000},{B10000, B01000, B00100, B00010, B00000},{B10000, B01000, B00100, B00010, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00000, B11000, B00110, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B11000, B00110, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B11000, B00110, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B11000, B00110, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}},{{B00000, B00110, B11000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00110, B11000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00110, B11000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00110, B11000, B00000, B00000},{B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000, B00000}}};

void setup() {
  //set pins to output so you can control the shift register
  pinMode(latchPin, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(clockPin, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(dataPin, OUTPUT);

  //pin 3 for last column
  pinMode(3, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(4, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(5, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(6, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(7, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(8, OUTPUT);

  digitalWrite(3, LOW);
  digitalWrite(4, HIGH);
  digitalWrite(5, HIGH);
  digitalWrite(6, HIGH);
  digitalWrite(7, HIGH);
  digitalWrite(8, HIGH);
}

//prints actual output
void printOutput(bool toPrint[5][25], int layer)
{
  digitalWrite(latchPin, LOW);
  bool found = false;
  
  for(int x = 2; x >= 0; x--)
  {
    int number = 0;

    if (!found)
    {
      for(int y = 0; y < 8; y++)
      {
        bool currentBit = toPrint[layer][x*8+y];
        if (currentBit)
        {
          found = true;
          number += powers[y+1];
        }
      }
    }
    shiftOut(dataPin, clockPin, MSBFIRST, number);
  }
  digitalWrite(latchPin, HIGH);
  
  if (toPrint[layer][3*8])
    digitalWrite(3, HIGH);
  else
    digitalWrite(3, LOW);
}

//splits pattern in to seperate bits to print
//can't print more than one bit at once
void printPattern(char toPrint[5][5])
{
  bool singleArray[5][25] = {
    {0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0},
    {0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0},
    {0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0},
    {0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0},
    {0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0}
  };
  
  for (int layer = 0; layer < 5; layer++)
  {
    digitalWrite(8-layer, LOW);
    
    for (int placeByte = 0; placeByte < 5; placeByte++)
    {
      for (int placeBit = 0; placeBit < 5; placeBit++)
      {
        bool thisBit = ((toPrint[layer][placeByte] >> placeBit)  & 0x01);
        
        if (thisBit)
        {
          singleArray[layer][placeByte*5+placeBit] = 1;
          printOutput(singleArray, layer);
          singleArray[layer][placeByte*5+placeBit] = 0;
        }
      }
    }

    printOutput(singleArray, layer);
    
    digitalWrite(8-layer, HIGH);
  }
  
}

void loop() {
  for (int w = 0; w < 90; w++)
  {
    for (int repeat = 0; repeat < 40; repeat++)
    {
      printPattern(a[w]);
    }
  }
 
}