Function to Calculate a CRC16 Checksum

Question

I\'m working on a library to provide simple reliable communication over an RS232 or RS485 connection. Part of this code involves using a CRC16 checksum on the data to detec

Answer 1

Here follows a working code to calculate crc16 CCITT. I tested it and the results matched with those provided by http://www.lammertbies.nl/comm/info/crc-calculation.html.

unsigned short crc16(const unsigned char* data_p, unsigned char length){
    unsigned char x;
    unsigned short crc = 0xFFFF;

    while (length--){
        x = crc >> 8 ^ *data_p++;
        x ^= x>>4;
        crc = (crc << 8) ^ ((unsigned short)(x << 12)) ^ ((unsigned short)(x <<5)) ^ ((unsigned short)x);
    }
    return crc;
}