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DIGITAL LOGIC FUNDAMENTALS

DR.B.REBECCA JEYAVADHANAM
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
FACULTY OF SCIENCE & HUMANITIES
SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
HEXA DECIMAL NUMBER SYSTEM
• The prefix ‘hexa’ stands for 6 and the prefix ‘deci’ stands for
10.
•This number system contains 16 systems and therefore has
the base 16.
•It uses the digits (0-9) and (A-F).
•Numbers are 0, 1, 2…8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, F. B is 11, E is 14.
•1 Hex digit is equal to 4 bits.
•Each place value in a hexadecimal number is a power of 16.
Examples: 2816 = 28H = 2×161+8×160 = 40 2F16 = 2FH =
2×161+15×160 = 47 BC1216 = BC12H =
11×163+12×162+1×161+2×160= 48146

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