I'm attempting to do some bit operations on a decimal value that I need to output as binary to my instrument. Using universal libraries Digital out vi, I can send an integer value out as a binary number. Is it possible to perform bit operations on a decimal value using the formula node and logical operators? I need to make the LSB, the MSB. For example, a decimal value of 128 in binary is 10000000. I would need to output this as 00000001. I was trying to use a formula node like this: y = (x && 1) ? 128:0 ..... y = (x && 128) ? 1:0 for all the eight bit values. Then I would add all the values up and send that to DOUT. So in my example beginning with a decimal value of 128 and sending it to eight formula nodes I would like to get false values unti
l y = (x && 128) ? 1:0. Then the compound addition would yield one and this value would be sent out to my instrument as binary 00000001. Unfortunately, I get true values out of all my formula nodes. How can I accomplish the bit operations I need to perform on a decimal value and then send it as an integer value to DOUT? The example is simplified, the actual decimal values are large. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
