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Question

Which of the following is an invalid state in 8-4-2-1 Binary Coded Decimal counter

The correct answer is

1100

8421 BCD encodes decimal digits0–9 only. 1100 represents12 and is invalid; the other codes represent8,9 and3.

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Important Questions from Binary Codes

  1. What is maximum number represented by 4 bit BCD code?
  2. The number of bytes required to represent the decimal number 1856357 in packed BCD (Binary Coded Decimal) form is ________.

  3. Digital calculators use __________.

  4. The generator matrix of a (6,3) binary linear block code is given by 

    $G=$ $\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 0 & 0 & 1 & 0 & 1 \\ 0 & 1 & 0 & 0 & 1 & 1 \\ 0 & 0 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 0 \end{bmatrix}$ . 

    The minimum Hamming distance $d_{min}$ between codewords equals __________ (answer in integer).

  5. What is the BCD code for decimal digit 3?

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