int DataPin = 11; //shift input
int LatchPin = 10; //rstclk on shift
int ClockPin = 13; //srclk on shift
int clock = 9; //decade clk
int Reset = 8; //reset
int x;  //used in the for loop counter
int y;  //used in the for loop counter

unsigned char rain [][8][3] = {                                        //In theis example the animation is called rain,
{{0,2,4},{32,0,0},{1,0,16},{0,0,0},{0,0,64},{2,0,0},{0,0,4},{8,0,0}},  //Paste the array values you got from excel here										
{{4,0,32},{0,2,4},{32,0,1},{1,0,16},{0,0,0},{0,0,64},{2,0,0},{0,0,0}},											
{{0,0,0},{4,0,32},{0,2,4},{32,0,1},{1,0,16},{0,0,0},{0,0,64},{2,0,0}},											
{{8,0,0},{0,0,0},{4,0,32},{0,2,4},{32,0,1},{1,0,16},{0,0,0},{0,0,64}},											
{{0,0,0},{8,0,0},{0,0,0},{4,0,32},{0,2,4},{32,0,0},{1,0,16},{0,0,0}},										
{{0,0,4},{8,0,0},{0,0,0},{4,0,32},{0,2,4},{32,0,0},{1,0,16},{0,0,0}},											
{{2,0,0},{0,0,4},{8,0,0},{0,0,0},{4,0,32},{0,2,4},{32,0,0},{0,0,16}},											
{{0,0,64},{2,0,0},{0,0,4},{8,0,0},{0,0,0},{4,0,32},{0,0,4},{0,0,0}},											
{{1,0,16},{0,0,64},{2,0,0},{0,0,4},{8,0,0},{0,0,0},{4,0,32},{0,0,0}},											
{{32,0,0},{1,0,16},{0,0,64},{2,0,0},{0,0,4},{8,0,0},{0,0,0},{4,0,32}},											
{{0,0,0},{32,0,0},{1,0,16},{0,0,64},{2,0,0},{0,0,4},{8,0,0},{0,0,0}}};  //When you get to the last fram of your animation, you need to replace the comma with };										
 
//e.g unsigned char your_new_animation [][8][3] = {

//You can only have a limited amount of frames even if they are in different animations.
//If you have to many frames, the code won't start on the arduino, so you will have to reduce the amount of them.
//An animation can be played an unlimited amount of times but it can only hold so much data. 


void setup(){
  pinMode(DataPin,OUTPUT);   //Basic setup of pins etc
  pinMode(ClockPin,OUTPUT);
  pinMode(LatchPin,OUTPUT);
  pinMode(clock,OUTPUT);
  pinMode(Reset,OUTPUT);
  digitalWrite(Reset,HIGH); //Reseting the decade to 0 as it can be at a random stage on start up 
  delayMicroseconds(5);
  digitalWrite(Reset,LOW);
}

void run_animation(unsigned char frame_time,unsigned char frames[][8][3],unsigned char num_frames,unsigned char num_loops){  //My function called run_animation
 
 for(int i=0;i<num_loops;i++){      //The display algorithm shifts out the 3 numbers in the array to display row 1 and then drops down a line....
  for(x=0;x<num_frames;x++){        //and continues to output the data for that line. It drops down through each of the 8 rows then resets. It then does the next frame.
   for(int z=0;z<frame_time;z++){
    for(y=0;y<8;y++){
     digitalWrite(LatchPin, 0);
     shiftOut(DataPin, ClockPin,LSBFIRST,frames[x][y][2]);   
     shiftOut(DataPin, ClockPin,LSBFIRST,frames[x][y][1]);
     shiftOut(DataPin, ClockPin,LSBFIRST,frames[x][y][0]);
     digitalWrite(LatchPin, 1);
     delayMicroseconds(700);
     digitalWrite(LatchPin, 0);
     shiftOut(DataPin, ClockPin,MSBFIRST,0);
     shiftOut(DataPin, ClockPin,MSBFIRST,0);
     shiftOut(DataPin, ClockPin,MSBFIRST,0);
     digitalWrite(LatchPin, 1);
     digitalWrite(clock, 1);
     digitalWrite(clock, 0);      
    }
    digitalWrite(Reset, 1);
    digitalWrite(Reset, 0); 
  }
}
}
}

void loop(){
//Fill in this to call each of your animations:  run_animation(frame time, animation title, number of frames in the animation, number of loops);

//e.g. run_animation(8,your_new_animation,11,12);

run_animation(4,rain,11,150);

}