Calculation and printing of a floating point number BCM20737s

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Anonymous
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Hello,

I am having some trouble with floating point numbers. I am using the lastest SDK.

I have a simply calculation:

int Data[]={0x1834};      //6196 in decimal

float factor=0.00698;

float result=0;

result=Data[0]*0.00698;    //expected result would be 43.24808

printf("Result: %.2f",result);  //print to two decimal places, 43.24

Every time I do this I get a round number to a whole number.

What is the correct way to print to two decimal places on this SDK?

Do I need to include some sort of header file to allow me to calculate floating point calculations?

Any examples would be great.

Thanks,

Luke.

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JacobT_81
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It's not a matter of importing libraries, the processor, architecturally, doesn't have the capability to deal with floating point vals.

Any decimals passed into an int will take on the value of the int chopped at the decimal point. Unless you're trying to do some heavy DSP, this shouldn't prove detrimental to work around.

Jacob

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JacobT_81
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Hi llynch

The 20736/37/s chip doesn't support floating point operations.

Jacob

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Anonymous
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So I cant calculate a number that involves a decimal point?

Is there anyway of including a header file to allow the calculation?

It seems hard to believe that a cortex m3 based mcu cant calculate a floating point number?

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There is a good discussion on this topic here: Re: Floating-Point Arithmetic

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JacobT_81
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It's not a matter of importing libraries, the processor, architecturally, doesn't have the capability to deal with floating point vals.

Any decimals passed into an int will take on the value of the int chopped at the decimal point. Unless you're trying to do some heavy DSP, this shouldn't prove detrimental to work around.

Jacob

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