Displaying a decimal larger than 255 on LCD?

[djmachine]

Hello. Exactly as the title states.. how do I display a decimal larger than 255? I am storing a count in two bytes in an array and would like to display the 2 bytes as a decimal on the LCD which can be 0 - 65535?

Thanks!

[Chris Barron]

Hello. Exactly as the title states.. how do I display a decimal larger than 255? I am storing a count in two bytes in an array and would like to display the 2 bytes as a decimal on the LCD which can be 0 - 65535?

Thanks!

Assuming using LCDOUT, and array elements are var[0] and var[1]

dec var[1] dig 2, dec var[1], dig 1, dec var[1] dig 0, dec var[0] dig 2, dec var[0] dig 1, dec var[0] dig 0

Might need a bit of a tweak, basically use the extension 'dig' to point to the digit of the 3-digit variable you wish to display. This will also display leading zeros

[Chris Barron]

Assuming using LCDOUT, and array elements are var[0] and var[1]

dec var[1] dig 2, dec var[1], dig 1, dec var[1] dig 0, dec var[0] dig 2, dec var[0] dig 1, dec var[0] dig 0

Might need a bit of a tweak, basically use the extension 'dig' to point to the digit of the 3-digit variable you wish to display. This will also display leading zeros

Deliberate mistake ;-).
Var[0] can only hold up to 255 so as it stands it may not be quite correct to adopt that technique.

What is the largest number you are using in each byte ? Does the lower byte count right up to 255 and then roll over, at the same time incrementing the higher byte ? Or, do you restrict the range of the lower byte to some other amount, such as 99 ?

If you can't jump directly to extracting the values you need using the 'dig' directive, then you can always write a short math routing to count off the two bytes.

sum var word
lower var byte
upper var byte

sum = (upper * 255) + lower

lcdout dec sum dig 4, dec sum dig 3, dec sum dig 2, dec sum dig 1 , dec sum dig 0

[aratti]

sum = (upper * 255) + lower

Should be:

sum = (upper * 256) + lower

Al.

[timmers]

Could it not be as simple as:-

COUNTER VAR WORD
COUNTER_H VAR COUNTER.BYTE1 'high byte
COUNTER_L VAR COUNTER.BYTE0 'low byte

LCDOUT $FE,128,DEC4 COUNTER 'top row, position 1.

Tim.

[Chris Barron]

Could it not be as simple as:-

COUNTER VAR WORD
COUNTER_H VAR COUNTER.BYTE1 'high byte
COUNTER_L VAR COUNTER.BYTE0 'low byte

LCDOUT $FE,128,DEC4 COUNTER 'top row, position 1.

Tim.

I don't think so, because although the LCDOUT is very simple and elegant, the maximum number which can be stored in either Counter_H or Counter_L is 255. Therefore the largest value which the word sized variable Counter can be is 255255.

There needs to be a conversion first. The high byte needs to be multiplied by 256 (not 255 as I originally pointed out) and then added to the low byte before it gets stored in the word 'Counter'

[Acetronics2]

Could it not be as simple as:-

COUNTER VAR WORD
COUNTER_H VAR COUNTER.BYTE1 'high byte
COUNTER_L VAR COUNTER.BYTE0 'low byte

LCDOUT $FE,128,DEC4 COUNTER 'top row, position 1.

Tim.

Hi, You were not so far ...

COUNTER VAR WORD

COUNTER.Highbyte = EEPROM_READ1    'high byte ( note: EEPROM_READ1 or value1, or ...xxx1)
COUNTER.Lowbyte = EEPROM_READ2     'low byte

LCDOUT $FE,128,DEC4 COUNTER    'top row, position 1.

No multiplying necessary ...

Alain

[Byte_Butcher]

Hello. Exactly as the title states.. how do I display a decimal larger than 255? I am storing a count in two bytes in an array and would like to display the 2 bytes as a decimal on the LCD which can be 0 - 65535?

Thanks!

how about:

MyWord = LowByte + HighByte << 8  ' Multiply HighByte by 256 (left shift 8) and add LowByte

LCDOUT $fe,$1, MyWord

Aratti had it right in post #4 I think, except I did it with leftshift instead of multiply by 256. Same thing...


Steve