Hi all,
I am trying to design a gui for a project and i need to take values entered by the user into a textbox, then convert them from decimal to binary, and send them to the serial port...how would i go about this
Any help or code or anything would be great
thanx a million
converting decimal to binary
Randy Kreitzman
If by decimal you just mean a normal decimal number, as opposed to a decimal type, and it is an integer, then to convert to binary is extremely easy. All you have to do is repeatedly divide by 2 until the answer is 0 and look at the remainders.
e.g. to convert 50 in decimal to binary
Divide by 2
Answer = 25, Remainder = 0, so least significant digit = 0
Divide answer by 2
Answer = 12, Remainder = 1 , so second digit = 1
divide answer by 2
Answer = 6, Remainder = 0, so third digit = 0
divide answer by 2
Answer = 3, Remainder = 0, so fourth digit = 0
divide answer by 2
Answer = 1, Remainder = 1, so fifth digit = 1
divide answer by 2
Answer = 0, Remainder = 1, so sixth digit = 1
So, reading the remainders from bottom to top, 50 in binary is 110010
That should be very easy to code using the Mod operator and Int function.
Dave
Steve W.
The only way to convert a decimal to binary is to have the binary as a string, each character represent a bit. Decimal extremely tricky to convert to binary, here are some good tutorial: http://www.google.com/search hl=en&lr=&q=ieee+float+binary
If your serial port need to receive bit, then just sending a floating number should do the job.