In the computer, all data are represented as binary digits (bits), and eight binary digits make up one byte. For example, the upper case letter A is 0101001. Numbers however can take several forms.

Thus, more digits are needed in the binary system than in the decimal system and, in turn, more digits are needed in the decimal system than in the hexadecimal system, again to represent the same ...

Conversion of binary to decimal numbers is often needed in firmware. And it’s done easily enough if multiplication and division by ten are acceptable. However, these operations, especially division, ...