1.4 Fixed-point Arithmetics and IEEE

Learning SeriesBy Jacobo.choyFebruary 16, 2021

So, we have seen how we can represent Binary positive and negative integers. Sadly, this does not help . You might have thought about an easy solution, just add a point somewhere. This is indeed correct and helps with this. So, how do you do it with binary numbers? Easy, the numbers to the right…

1.3 BCD / Binary Coded Decimal

Learning SeriesBy Jacobo.choyFebruary 16, 2021

Binary coded decimal is a way of representing binary numbers into a decimal system. So we have a number that looks like follows: 0000 0000 0000 0000 (16 bits or 2 bytes) where each set of 4 bits represents a decimal place. So the first 4 bits represent the thousands, the next 4 bits the…