Binary to BCD Converter

Updated: Sep 9, 2018

Binary to BCD Converter is used to convert a Binary number (Base-2) into Binary Coded Decimal format

BCD To Binary Converter

Convert Binary Coded Decimal number to Binary

Background Information

Conversion from Binary to BCD

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

1. Convert the binary number into Decimal
2. Convert each decimal digit into nibble
3. Combine the nibbles into BCD

Example Binary to BCD Conversion

Let's say your Binary value is 1110001111 and you want to convert it to it's BCD form.

1. Step 1: Convert input to Decimal: 911
2. Step 2: Convert decimal digits to nibble
• 9 becomes 1001
• 1 becomes 0001
• 1 becomes 0001
3. Step 3: Combine the nibbles to get your BCD number: 100100010001

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.

Binary Coded Decimal

Binary Coded Decimal or BCD is a set of binary encodings for decimal numbers used in early digital computers. In BCD, a binary sequence is used to represent each digit of the source decimal number

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