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Binary To BCD C-WPS Office

BCD code represents each digit of a decimal number using a 4-bit binary representation. To convert a binary number to BCD, the binary number is first converted to decimal, and then each decimal digit is converted to a 4-bit representation. An example shows taking the binary number 11110, converting it to the decimal 30, and then to the BCD 00110000. The reverse process of converting BCD to binary first converts each 4-bit BCD group to decimal, then combines the decimals into a single binary number.

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Binary To BCD C-WPS Office

BCD code represents each digit of a decimal number using a 4-bit binary representation. To convert a binary number to BCD, the binary number is first converted to decimal, and then each decimal digit is converted to a 4-bit representation. An example shows taking the binary number 11110, converting it to the decimal 30, and then to the BCD 00110000. The reverse process of converting BCD to binary first converts each 4-bit BCD group to decimal, then combines the decimals into a single binary number.

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Binary to BCD code conversion

BCD code plays an important role in digital circuits. The BCD stands for Binary Coded Decimal Number.
In BCD code, each digit of the decimal number is represented as its equivalent binary number. So, the
LSB and MSB of the decimal numbers are represented as its binary numbers. There are the following
steps to convert the binary number to BCD:

First, we will convert the binary number into decimal.

We will convert the decimal number into BCD.

Let's take an example to understand the process of converting a binary number into BCD

Example 1: (11110)2

1. First, convert the given binary number into a decimal number.

Binary Number: (11110)2

Finding Decimal Equivalent of the number:

Steps Binary Number Decimal Number

1) (11110)2 ((1 × 24) + (1 × 23) + (1 × 22) + (1 × 21) + (0 × 20))10

2) (11110)2 (16 + 8 + 4 + 2 + 0)10

3) (11110)2 (30)10

Decimal number of the Binary number (11110)2 is (30)10

2. Now, we convert the decimal to the BCD

We convert each digit of the decimal number into groups of the four-bit binary number.
Steps Decimal Number Conversion

Step 1 3010 (0011)2 (0000)2

Step 2 3010 (00110000)BCD

Result:

(11110)2 = (00110000)BCD

Below is the table that contains the BCD code of the decimal and binary number.

Binary Code Decimal Number BCD Code

ABCD B4 :B3B2B1B0

0000 0 0:0000

0001 1 0:0001

0010 2 0:0010

0011 3 0:0011

0100 4 0:0100

0101 5 0:0101

0110 6 0:0110

0111 7 0:0111

1000 8 0:1000

1001 9 0:1001

1 0 1 0 10 1:0000

1 0 1 1 11 1:0001

1 1 0 0 12 1:0010

1 1 0 1 13 1:0011
1 1 1 0 14 1:0100

1 1 1 1 15 1:0101

In the above table, the most significant bit of the decimal number is represented by the bit B4, and the
least significant bits are represented by B3, B2, B1, and B0. From the above table, we can express the
SOP function for different bits of BCD code are as follows:

Binary to BCD code conversion

The K-maps of the above SOP functions are as follows:

Binary to BCD code conversion

Binary to BCD code conversion

Binary to BCD code conversion

Binary to BCD code conversion

Binary to BCD code conversion

BCD to Binary Conversion

The process of converting BCD code into Binary is opposite to the process of converting Binary code into
BCD. There are the following steps to convert the BCD code into Binary:

In the first step, we will convert the BCD number into a decimal by making the four-bit groups and
finding the equivalent decimal number for each group.

In the last step, we will convert a decimal number into Binary using the process of converting decimal to
binary number.

Example 1: (00101000)BCD

1) Convert BCD to Decimal


Make the groups of 4 digits and find the equivalent decimal number as:

Steps BCD Number Conversion

Step 1 (00101000)BCD (0010)2 (1000)2

Step 2 (00101000)BCD (2)10 (8)10

Step 3 (00101000)BCD (28)10

The decimal number of the given BCD code is: (28)10

2. Convert Decimal to Binary

Use the long division method to convert the decimal number into a binary number as:

Steps Operation Result Remainder

1. 28 / 2 14 0

2. 14 / 2 7 0

3. 7/2 3 1

4. 3/2 1 1

5. 1/2 0 1

Arrange the remainders in the reverse order. So, the LSB of the binary number is the first remainder,
and the MSB of the binary number is the last remainder.

The binary number of the decimal number (18)10 is: (11100)2

Result:
(00101000)BCD = (11100)2

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