On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 7:44 PM, ivp wrote: > AIUI (but not sure if it applies to PICs or micros in general) packed > also contains the sign. The BCD I think you're probably wanting has > the three 0-9 digits in their own nybbles. They can be displayed with > a BCD-to-segment decoder (eg CMOS 4543) or can be separated > off and converted to ASCII by adding 0x30 for an LCD It was the reading of the wikipedia page that started me thinking I had my terminology wrong. I believe I'm now looking for the right thing. I'm not too worried about having digits combined into their own nybbles as I can extract that fairly easily. >> Too bad I'm 350 > > Never too late to learn Josh Old dogs, new tricks, kids these days, uphill both ways in the snow, etc. Josh -- A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. -Douglas Adams -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist