How do I convert 16 bit Binary to ASCII text

[DSMarcinko]

Altenbach,

I like your approach

however, The sign bit is -00-,  mantissa is bits -01- thru -11- (11 Bits)  and the exponent is bits -12- thru -15- (4 bits).

For a word input of 3923 (0,00011110101,0011), I get mantissa of 245 (0000000011110101) and exponent of 3 (0011)

My quest is am I wrong in my math?

[altenbach]

Ah, sorry. I misread your requirements.

If the exponent is 4 bits, you just change the diagram constant that is currently 8 to 16. Voila! Now you get 245 and 3 from 3923.

(Still, you should also specify details how negative numbers are represented. Is the mantissa in 2's complement or direct for negative numbers?)

[DSMarcinko]

Here are the details I have for this problem

The value of this data word represented by this format is given by: (Integer) X (16**Exponent)

Exponent is 2's comp with Max and Min Values of 15 and 0 respectively.

The full scale of this data word is 2.36E+21 with Max and Min values for the integer of 2047 and -2048 repectively.

2047*16^15 = 2.36E+21

Thank you again for showing me the direct route rather than working on the bit level.