Split a 16 (or larger) bit number into individual bits

Owned by Robin Rainton
11.01 2017
1 min read

The Binary Decoder block can be used to find individual bits of numbers up to 255 (8 bit numbers) but how to do this for larger integers?

For a 16 bit numbers the answer is to use 2 x Binary Decoder blocks. Use two Formula Blocks first to 'split' the input into two 8 bit numbers: the MSB  bits and LSB 8 bits.

Example diagram can be found on the German page: Eine 16 bit Zahl in einzelne Bits zerlegen (TODO: create this in English):

Naturally, for more bits simply add more Formula and Binary Decoder blocks.