How to convert char to hex stored in uint8_t form?

Question

Suppose I have these variables,

const uint8_t ndef_default_msg[33] = {
    0xd1, 0x02, 0x1c, 0x53, 0x70, 0x91, 0x01, 0x09,
    0x54, 0x02, 0x65, 0x6e, 0x4c, 0x69         


        

Answer 1

I hope that can help you

/*
 *  DESCRIPTION
 *    Converts a block in ASCII representation to binary
 *  PARAMETERS
 *    char * inMessage      : message in ASCII format, '\0' terminated
 *  OUTPUTS
 *    uint8 * outMessage    : output message in binary format
 *                    Format: outMessage[i], where i is byte number
 *  RETURN VALUE
 *    uint32                : number of converted bytes
 */
uint32 ascii2hex_block( uint8 * outMessage, int32 out_len, const char * inMessage )
{
    #define SET_BIT(U,N)   ((U) |=   (0x1 << (N)))

    int32   i = 0;
    int32   k = 0;
    int32   blockLen = 0;
    char    inChar;
    uint8   hexVal;
    uint32  retVal = 0;

    while ( inMessage[blockLen]!='\0' )     blockLen++;
    blockLen = blockLen >> 1;

    if (blockLen <= out_len)                        // not enough space in output
    {
        retVal = blockLen;
        for (i = 0; i < blockLen; i++)
        {
            outMessage[i] = 0;
            inChar = inMessage[k];
            hexVal = ascii2hex( inChar );
            if (hexVal == 0xff) retVal = 0;     // found an invalid character
            if ( (hexVal & (0x1 << 0) ) != 0 )  SET_BIT( outMessage[i], 4 );
            if ( (hexVal & (0x1 << 1) ) != 0 )  SET_BIT( outMessage[i], 5 );
            if ( (hexVal & (0x1 << 2) ) != 0 )  SET_BIT( outMessage[i], 6 );
            if ( (hexVal & (0x1 << 3) ) != 0 )  HELPER_SET_BIT( outMessage[i], 7 );
            k++;
            inChar = inMessage[k];
            hexVal = ascii2hex( inChar );
            if ( (hexVal & (0x1 << 0) ) != 0 )  SET_BIT( outMessage[i], 0 );
            if ( (hexVal & (0x1 << 1) ) != 0 )  SET_BIT( outMessage[i], 1 );
            if ( (hexVal & (0x1 << 2) ) != 0 )  SET_BIT( outMessage[i], 2 );
            if ( (hexVal & (0x1 << 3) ) != 0 )  SET_BIT( outMessage[i], 3 );
            k++;
        }
    }   

    return retVal;
}

And ascii2hex is defined as follow:

/*
 *  DESCRIPTION
 *    Converts an ascii character ('0'..'f' or '0'..'F') to corresponding integer value.
 *    In case of invalid ascii character, return value is 0xff
 *  USAGE
 *    uint8 ascii2hex( char inASCII );
 *  PARAMETERS
 *    char inASCII  : ascii character to convert
 *  RETURN VALUE
 *    uint8         : value of inASCII, 0xff for invalid input
 */
uint8 ascii2hex( char inASCII )
{
    uint8 retHex=0xff;

    if( (inASCII>=48) && (inASCII<=57) )
        retHex = inASCII-48;
    else if( (inASCII>=65) && (inASCII<=70) )
        retHex = inASCII-55;
    else if( (inASCII>=97) && (inASCII<=102) )
        retHex = inASCII-87;

    return retHex;
}