Let's take the example further, and convert each hexadecimal digit to its decimal equivalent and then add them: (16 2 x 1) + (16 0 x 15) + (16 0 x 4) = (256 + 240 + 4) = 500. Hex and binary in action.

Microcontroller firmware usuallydeals with hexadecimal code. Yousometimes need to display the contentof registers, which requires a hexadecimal-to-BCD (binary-coded-decimal)-code conversion. The ...

Hexadecimal format allows us to instruct a computer to display a color using three or six characters. For example, #000 will produce black. But how many ...