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Can some one help me out please i need to send 16 bits to the spi not sure how to do this. Also i am new to flowcode file attached can some one alter this for me so it sends 16 bit please

Hello

Ok firstly you need to create an INT variable to hold your 16-bit number. Then you can create two byte variables to hold the upper and lower 8-bits.

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Int = 16-bit number
byte_low = Int & 0xff
byte_high = ( Int >> 8 ) & 0xff

If you need to recombine the two bytes into a 16-bit number (eg when reading data back) then you do it like this.

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Int = byte_low
Int = Int + ( byte_high << 8 )

hi there thanks for the reply but i have not got a clue of what to do i dont know how to create a int variable then the next steps of doing byte variables to hold my 16 bit number. like i said i am new to flow code and i find doing things in the programme very hard so please can u send me example of how to do this as i am totaly confused

Hello

First a link for any Flowcode beginner.
http://www.matrixmultimedia.com/lc_microcontroller.php

Secondly variables are created in the variable manager located in the edit menu.

Thirdly here is an example however if you are new to Flowcode then I would go through the course and the tutorials to get up to speed.