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    This document provides instructions for converting between decimal, hexadecimal, binary, and floating point number representations. It explains how to represent a floating point number using its sign, exponent, and mantissa components. The document also includes an alternate method for calculating the mantissa through successive halving.

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    This document provides instructions for converting between decimal, hexadecimal, binary, and floating point number representations. It explains how to represent a floating point number using its sign, exponent, and mantissa components. The document also includes an alternate method for calculating the mantissa through successive halving.

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    This document provides instructions for converting between decimal, hexadecimal, binary, and floating point number representations. It explains how to represent a floating point number using its sign, exponent, and mantissa components. The document also includes an alternate method for calculating the mantissa through successive halving.

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    Float Conversion

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    Pradeep Kumar
    This document provides instructions for converting between decimal, hexadecimal, binary, and floating point number representations. It explains how to represent a floating point number using its sign, exponent, and mantissa components. The document also includes an alternate method for calculating the mantissa through successive halving.

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    of 4

    This sheet requires the Analysis Toolpak to be loaded. Select the Tools Menu > Add-Ins...

    > check Analysis Toolpack

    2 words

    decimal
    hex

    4 bytes

    decimal
    hex
    binary

    32 bits

    first bit
    invert
    next 8 bits
    decimal
    subtract 127

    most significant
    high word
    16457
    4049
    high byte
    64
    40
    01000000

    0
    1
    10000000
    128
    1

    Least significant
    low word
    4059
    0FDB
    73
    49
    01001001

    15
    0F
    00001111

    SIGN

    EXPONENT

    final 23 bits 10010010000111111011011


    decimal
    4788187
    80 00 00 hex
    8388608
    divide 0.570796371
    add 1 1.570796371 MANTISSA
    FLOAT = SIGN x MANTISSA x ( 2 ^ EXPONENT )
    FLOAT
    Courtesy of

    www.simplymodbus.ca
    Rev02 - Nov 2, 2007

    3.1415927

    low byte
    219
    DB
    11011011

    final 23 bits

    dd-Ins... > check Analysis Toolpack

    ast significant
    INSTRUCTIONS
    < Enter these 2 words as decimal numbers
    < or enter these 2 words in hex
    < or enter these 4 bytes as decimal numbers
    < or enter these 4 bytes in hex
    < or enter these 4 bytes as 8 bit binary strings
    alternate method of calculating the mantissa
    each row is half of that above
    1 1 is always included
    1
    0.5
    0.5
    0
    0.25
    0
    0
    0.125
    0
    1
    0.0625
    0.0625
    0
    0.03125
    0
    0
    0.015625
    0
    1
    0.0078125
    0.0078125
    0
    0.00390625
    0
    0
    0.001953125
    0
    0
    0.000976563
    0
    0
    0.000488281
    0
    1
    0.000244141 0.000244141
    1
    0.00012207
    0.00012207
    1
    6.10352E-05 6.10352E-05
    1
    3.05176E-05 3.05176E-05
    1
    1.52588E-05 1.52588E-05
    1
    7.62939E-06 7.62939E-06
    0
    3.8147E-06
    0
    1
    1.90735E-06 1.90735E-06
    1
    9.53674E-07 9.53674E-07
    0
    4.76837E-07
    0
    1
    2.38419E-07 2.38419E-07
    1
    1.19209E-07 1.19209E-07
    total 1.570796371 MANTISSA

    This sheet requires the Analysis Toolpak to be loaded. Select the Tools Menu > Add-Ins... > check Analysis Toolpack

    FLOAT

    3.1415926534 < Enter floating point number

    FLOAT = SIGN x MANTISSA x ( 2 ^ EXPONENT )

    1st bit

    add 127
    next 8 bits

    1
    0
    1
    128
    10000000

    SIGN

    Courtesy of

    EXPONENT

    www.simplymodbus.ca
    subtract 1
    80 00 00 hex
    multiply

    1.570796327 MANTISSA
    0.570796327
    8388608
    4788186.632

    Rev02 - Nov 2, 2007

    final 23 bits 10010010000111111011011


    32 bits
    4 bytes

    binary
    hex
    decimal

    2 words

    hex
    decimal

    01000000
    40
    64
    byte1
    high byte
    4049
    16457
    high word
    most significant

    01001001
    49
    73
    byte2

    00001111
    0F
    15
    byte3

    11011011
    DB
    219
    byte4
    low byte

    0FDB
    4059
    low word
    Least significant

    heck Analysis Toolpack

    .simplymodbus.ca

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