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Decimal to Binary Converter

Converts a decimal value to a 9-bit binary output.

Since there are 9 bits, the decimal value range is 0-511 for 512 different on/off switch combinations. This is *extremely* useful if trying to manage a series of complex on/off switches.

In my case, I had a LUA Display Menu with 10 different pages. Which of the 10 pages is currently active on the display is controlled by a series of 9 video switchboxes. So I needed 9 different combinations of on/off switches in order to get the 10 different pages to display.

I assigned each of the 9 different switchboxes to a bit position so I can use a single decimal value to set the correct combination of 9 switches for the page I want to display.

So, I set the value "0" to my Main Menu, and I have 9 different pages that I can put on the display. Also interesting to see the simple LUA formula used to convert decimal value to a 9-bit array. So the "decToBin" function embedded in the LUA block is also transportable to your LUA blocks!