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Logix Platform - How To Convert 64-Bit Real Value To 32-Bit Float

The document discusses how to convert 64-bit real values to 32-bit floats for Logix controllers, which only support single precision floats. It explains the bit layout differences and how to convert the 64-bit data received as two DINT tags to a 32-bit real tag by only supporting numbers within the exponent range of -127 to 127.

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Logix Platform - How To Convert 64-Bit Real Value To 32-Bit Float

The document discusses how to convert 64-bit real values to 32-bit floats for Logix controllers, which only support single precision floats. It explains the bit layout differences and how to convert the 64-bit data received as two DINT tags to a 32-bit real tag by only supporting numbers within the exponent range of -127 to 127.

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ID: QA2538 | Access Levels: TechConnect

Logix Platform: How to convert 64-bit Real


value to 32-bit Float

Document ID QA2538

Published Date 03/03/2020

Summary
Logix Platform: How to convert 64-bit Real value to 32-bit Float

Question
Do Logix Controllers support Double Precision Floating Point?

Answer
At this stage, Logix platform only supports Native Single precision float data only.

This technote explains layout difference between extended 64-bit and 32-bit IEEE
numbers and way to convert from 64 bit to Real Logix Tag.

Some measurement devices provide data in 64-bit double precision IEEE Float format.

Because Logix platform can handle only 32-bit single precision float data, incoming data
must be converted before use.

Usually 64-bit data will arrive to the Logix platform in a form of 2 DINT tags.

The following bit layout shows differences between 64 and 32-bit floating point values

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64-bit value:

Mantissa - 52 bits

Exponent - 11 bits

Sign - 1 bit

32-bit value:

Mantissa - 23 bits

Exponent - 8 bits

Sign - 1 bit

Only numbers with an exponent -127...+127 can be converted.

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Special ’Thank You’ to www.mrPLC.com A-B forum members for their contribution to this
technote.

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