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15 years ago

Combine 4 bytes in float

Hi all! i'm receiving a float (32bit) from the serial port... i receive the correct sequence but now i'm trying to recombine the number with this code: unsigned char b1,b2,b3,b4; b1=GetUa...
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15 years ago

You need to cast the pointer, not the value try:

union { unsigned char b[4]; float f; } x;

x.b[0] = GetUart(); ...

coeff = x.f;