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Altera_Forum
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14 years ago

decimal fraction

Hi, How can I convert the decimal fraction to the mantissa format (IEEE). The MegaWizard function demands the decimal number in binary form (3 = 0011, for example). So how can I convert 0.3 to man...
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14 years ago

the input is an integer, which will always be binary. But in fixed point, the integer and fractional parts are just normal integers offset by 2^n. Have a read up on fixed point number formats.

Are you sure you want to use flooating point?