Electronic Design

Easily Convert Decimal Numbers To Their Binary And BCD Formats

Here's a C/C++ program that converts decimal numbers ranging from 0 to 99,999 to binary and BCD formats. Using a simple algorithm in conjunction with pointer ...
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Binary Coded Decimal (BCD) 101 – Part 1

Editor's Note: This is the first article in a two-part series on decimal representations and decimal arithmetic in general, and on Binary Coded Decimal (BCD) in particular. In this first installment, ...
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Perform hexadecimal-to-BCD conversion in firmware

Microcontroller firmware usuallydeals with hexadecimal code. Yousometimes need to display the contentof registers, which requires a hexadecimal-to-BCD (binary-coded-decimal)-code conversion. The ...
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Easily Convert Decimal Numbers To Their Binary And BCD Formats: Backstory

HERE’S A C/C++ PROGRAM that converts decimal numbers ranging from 0 to 99,999 to binary and binary coded decimal (BCD) formats. Using a simple algorithm in conjunction with pointer arithmetic and ...