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Floating Point Binary
Floating Point Binary:
Definition
Current size definition
Normalised floating point binary representation with a mantissa and exponent both in two's complement binary
Mantissa:
6
Exponent:
4
Valid range for positive values:
Binary:
0.000000001 to 1111100
Denery:
0.001953125 to 124
Valid range for negative values:
Binary:
-0.000000001 to -10000000
Denery:
-0.001953125 to -128
Change the size of the mantissa and exponent
Select the size of the mantissa
3
4
5
6
7
8
10
12
Select the size of the exponent
3
4
5
6
Enter a normalised mantissa value and an exponent value
Mantissa
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
Exponent
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
Enter a denary value
