Topic: DMD0016
TOBCD - Integer/Real To BCD
The Integer/Real To BCD (TOBCD) instruction is used to convert a positive Integer or Real (floating point) value to a BCD (binary coded decimal) value.
Note: only the integer portion of a real number will be converted to BCD.
Note: negative input values cannot be converted, the result will always be 0.
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Input - designates the location that contains the Integer or Real value to convert. This can be any positive value or any readable numeric location.
BCD Output - designates a location to store BCD result. This can be any writable numeric location.
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Note: although Do-more controllers do not natively support BCD, the following two instructions are available for converting data from 3rd party devices which is formatted as BCD.
Rung Example:
