Fixreal is a set of functions to convert numbers between fixed and floating point representation as
experienced by simulink users.
It permits conversion of 8, 16 and 32 bit representation of signed and unsigned
decimal numbers, with or without binary point.

INSTALLATION
============

Package can be downloaded from the public git repo as::

    $ git clone git://github.com/flyingfrog81/fixreal.git
    $ python setup.py install

or installed automatically via pypi::

    $ pip install fixreal


USAGE
=====

    >>> import fixreal
    >>> fixreal.real2fix(-0.9921875, fixreal.get_conv(8, 7, True))
    129.0
    >>> fixreal.real2fix(-3.96875, fixreal.get_conv(8, 5, True))
    129.0
    >>> fixreal.real2fix(-127, fixreal.get_conv(8, 0, True))
    129.0
    >>> fixreal.real2fix(1.0078125, fixreal.get_conv(8, 7, False))
    129.0
    >>> fixreal.real2fix(4.03125, fixreal.get_conv(8, 5, False))
    129.0
    >>> fixreal.real2fix(129, fixreal.get_conv(8, 0, False))
    129.0
    >>> fixreal.fix2real(0b10000001, fixreal.get_conv(8, 7, True))
    -0.9921875
    >>> fixreal.fix2real(0b10000001, fixreal.get_conv(8, 5, True))
    -3.96875
    >>> fixreal.fix2real(0b10000001, fixreal.get_conv(8, 0, True))
    -127.0
    >>> fixreal.fix2real(0b10000001, fixreal.get_conv(8, 7, False))
    1.0078125
    >>> fixreal.fix2real(0b10000001, fixreal.get_conv(8, 5, False))
    4.03125
    >>> fixreal.fix2real(0b10000001, fixreal.get_conv(8, 0, False))
    129.0
    >>> conv = fixreal.conv_from_name("fix_8_7")