Re: [PIC] Easiest way to find the inverse of a 16-bit integer

Jesse Lackey <[email protected]> Wed, 10 Dec 2025 16:55:19 -0800
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Harold Hallikainen wrote:
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> On Mon, December 8, 2025 4:26 pm, RussellMc wrote:
>> Perplexity suggests small look up table then refined by Newton Rapson for
>>   rapid convergence.
>>
>> https://www.perplexity.ai/search/algorithms-for-1-x-for-16-bit-Q77Z0QO_QS
>> WGPRQyEXlFrg
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>> Russell.
> 
> That looks similar to the approach at
> https://pic.hallikainen.org/techref/microchip/math/div/recip32k-ng.htm .
> 
> Harold
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>> On Tue, Dec 9, 2025, 12:17 PM Dwayne Reid <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
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>>> Good day to all.
>>>
>>>
>>> As part of my current project, I need to find the inverse of a 16-bit
>>> binary integer.  That is: 1/X.
>>>
>>> I was going to dig out my old division routines but was thinking there
>>> may be an easier way to go.
>>>
>>> Suggestion greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>>
>>> Many thanks!
>>>
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