Re: scaling coefficients for c

From: "Tom St Denis" <tomstdenis@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 21 Sep 2006 07:27:22 -0700

sonos wrote:

Hi,
I understand the requirement of scaling coefficients for fixed point
microcontrollers. However, I cannot seem to get past a simple issue... How
do I code a fraction in binary form for use in c code or asm language?

for example, consider the fraction in base 10:
dec == 0.58642
and the same fraction in binary
bin == 0.1001011
and the same fraction in hex
0.961F9F01C

but how do I set a c variable in binary form for fractions?

Why would you? It'd only be in the source, so do a one time conversion
to decimal and be done with.

float myfirstfloat = 0.58642.

???

Am I missing something here?

Tom

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