At 10:10 AM 3/17/97 -0500, you wrote:
>At 10:04 PM 3/16/97 -0600, you wrote:
>>        First let me say " THANK YOU " to all that have helped me in the
>past.
>>        I'm in the middle of making a routine that reads a resistor value
and
>>wanted to use more than 8 bits for the value. Is there a way to use 2
>>registers to make a 16 bit variable ?? Can the variable be sent via RS232
>>as decimal ?? At this point in time I have the routine working great except
>>that I would like to use bigger values.
>
>Assembly, I presume.  The C compilers all handle this built-in.
>
>You have to use two registers, and do all the carry handling in software.
>The PIC doesn't know anything more than 8 bits and a carry.
>
>What functions do you need?  Add, Subtract, Multiply, Divide, print as
>decimal or hex?

Hi Andy,
        I've made a little progress on the 16 bit variable front. I found the wa
y
to declare two registers under one name and have the msb and lsb a subset
of the name.

\-----------------------------\
        cblock
twobytename:0, msbname, lsbname
        endc
\-----------------------------\

        The function I need is to transmit the twobyte to an ascii terminal as a
number.
        I've tried some binary to BCD routines but could only transmit 0 - 99.
        Any pointers would be appreciated.


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James and Iliana
Austin Texas
Automotive Technician
Electronics Hobbyist
Software Engineer
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