As not so absolute amateur the key is to type "<parts site> <what you want>" in google and then fiddle For example "8 vit shit register" gives first link to SN

As not so absolute amateur the key is to type "<parts site> <what you want>" in google and then fiddle For example "8 vit shit register" gives first link to SN74HC595B, a generic shift register and second link to parametric search https://eu.mouser.com/c/semiconductors/logic-ics/counter-shift-registers/?logic%20type=Shift%20Register&number%20of%20bits=8%20bit https://eu.mouser.com/c/semiconductors/logic-ics/counter-shi... with "logic type=shift register" and "number of bits=8" already selected. You don't even need to spell it correctly Googling smartly is > I wish there was a curated list or an "easy mode" on Digi-Key. exactly what you want.