Binary to BCD converters

Bjorn bjorn at sparta.lu.se
Thu Jun 18 23:17:29 CEST 1998


On Thu, 18 Jun 1998, Philip wrote:
> How do I easily convert an 8 bit binary number to 3 BCD numbers?
> 
> So far an EPROM lookup method seems like the only solution (brute force
> too). (Apart from a PAL)

Since the conversion involves divisions by 10 etc, you won't find a chip
doing it without table lookup I guess. That's why many analog synths have
programs in hexadecimal format instead on their displays of course :)

Put in an eprom and save yourself the time to find something else.

/Bjorn





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