Hex to Binary Converter

Conversion from Hex to Binary

A Hex can be converted to Binary in three steps:-

1. Break the Hex number into individual digits
2. Convert each hex digit into it's binary equivalent.
3. Pad with leading zeroes to make each binary number 4 digit long
4. Group the binary bits from left to right
5. Trim any leading zeroes to form your binary number

Example Hex to Binary Conversion

Let's say your Hex value is 1A4 and you want to convert it to it's Binary form.

1. Step 1: Break the Hex number into digits: 1 A 4
2. Step 2: Convert each hex digit into binary
   • 1 becomes 0001
   • A becomes 1010
   • 4 becomes 0100
3. Step 3: Combine the bits: 000110100100
4. Step 4: Remove leading zeroes: 110100100

Hex

Hexadecimal is the numeric system widely used by systems designers and computer programmers. It comprises of 16 symbols from 0 to 9 and A to F.

Binary

Binary is the numeric system of computers. Computers are so dumb they only understand 0s and 1s. Binary numbers have a base of 2.