ABSTRACT

In this example, we are reading from bottom to top. The bottom bistable outputs the most significant bit (MSB). The top bistable outputs the least significant bit (LSB).

A byte, when representing number, can take any value in the range 0000 0000 (all bistables reset) to 1111 1111 (all bistables set). This is equivalent to 0 to 255 in decimal, a total of 256 possible values altogether.