I'm trying to write a code to convert digital serial input recieved parallely to a decimal value. I'm writing code to convert binary to decimal. Heres a mock up of my code. The weird thing is the pow(x,y) function gives me weird results like int(pow(2,4) ) returns 15 instead of 16 and int(pow(2,0)) …

Weird but true pow(x,y) function

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kg4wsv February 13, 2009, 7:46pm 5

Be careful with recursive functions on a microcontroller. In tihs case, if y is very big you'll overrun the stack, trash your RAM, and send your program off into the bushes.

-j

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Weird but true pow(x,y) function

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