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14 years ago

Fixed Point Rounding

Hey guys, I have one more question about fixed point rounding. If you multiply two numbers and have to perform rounding, how would you do that with fixed point? I'm currently round...
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14 years ago

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But I'm concerned about the effect of rounding on the fractional part of the number .... I now have to extend the system to include four fractional bits.

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Conceptually move your binary point to below the four fractional bits (scale by 2^4) and treat the numbers as integers.

Cheers,

Dave