Frequently Asked Questions

What is the format of floating point numbers?

CCS uses the same format Microchip uses in the 14000 calibration constants. PCW users have a utility PCONVERT that will provide easy conversion to/from decimal, hex and float in a small window in Windows. See EX_FLOAT.C for a good example of using floats or float types variables. The format is as follows:

		LSB in RAM	MSB in RAM
0		00	00	00	00
1		7F	00	00	00
-1		7F	80	00	00
10		82	20	00	00
100		85	48	00	00
123.45		85	76	E6	66
123.45e20	C8	27	4E	53
123.45e-20	43	36	2E	17

To view a floating point type in MPLAB^®, insert the first byte of the variable into the watch window and in properties select: 32-bit, MChip Float, High:Low.