BITSLICE(9)

💅 bitslice — the HAL component that's literally just "one u32 in, a whole lil squad of bits out"

okay bestie so this is a page from the HAL Component manual, section 9, and it's all about a component called bitslice. Not me being obsessed with a bit-slicer but here we are 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

bitslice — takes one unsigned-32 input and splits it into individual bits, no cap 💖

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

loadrt bitslice [count=N|names=name1[,name2...]] [personality=P1,P2,...]

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so basically? this component makes one little bit-output for every single bit of an unsigned-32 input. iconic behaviour tbh 👑

The number of bits can be limited by the "personality" modparam — like, you can tell it "bestie, we're only doing a few of these" and it respects that 🌈

and if you ever need to go the other way around? the inverse process can be done by the weighted_sum HAL component. the way they're a matched set fr fr 🫶

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💅 FUNCTIONS 💅

• bitslice.N

(yes that's the whole list. short king behaviour but valid.)

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🎀 PINS 🎀

• bitslice.N.in u32 in — the input value 💖 drop your u32 right here bestie, it's the whole point of the operation
• bitslice.N.out-MM bit out (MM=00..personality) — the bits, freshly sliced and served one per pin. the range of MM goes from 00 up to whatever your personality setting allows ✨

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

Andy Pugh — shoutout to the author, absolute legend for this one 💜

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⭐ LICENSE ⭐

GPL2+ — yeah it's the license, respect it, that's periodt 💀

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just a little heads up: this is real HAL stuff, so keep your option names and pin names exactly as written, okay? no renaming, no "fixing", no vibes-based guessing 🌸

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and that's the whole page bestie!! this one came straight outta the LinuxCNC Documentation, dated 2026-03-17, and yes the manpage footer really does say BITSLICE(9) — we love a consistent brand 💖✨🦋 slay, go slice some bits 🎀