SCM Microsystems SCL01X, Reference Manual

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2.6. Conventions
Bits are represented by lower case ‗b‘ where followed by a numbering digit.
Bytes are represented by upper case ‗B‘ where followed by a numbering digit.
b7 b6 b5 b4 b3 b2 b1 b0
B4 B5 B6 B7 B8 B9 B10 B11 B0 B1 B2 B3
Least significant nibble Most significant nibble
1 Byte = 8 bits = 2 nibbles
Bit number 0 Bit number 5
String of 12 bytes
Byte number 11 Byte number 2
Example:
163 decimal number is represented
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in hexadecimal as 0xA3
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in binary as (10100011)b
The least significant nibble of 0xA3 is
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0x3 in hexadecimal
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(0011)b in binary
The most significant nibble of =xA3 is
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0xA in hexadecimal
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(1010)b in binary