Using bitwise operators

Question

I\'ve been studying C# and ran accross some familiar ground from my old work in C++. I never understood the reason for bitwise operators in a real application. I\'ve never u

Answer 1

I work in motion control (among other things) and the way you communicate with the drives is usually by using bit sequences. You set one bit pattern in a memory location x to set the motion profile, you set an enable bit at memory location y to start the motion, read a pattern from location z to get the status of the move, etc. The lower you go the more bit twiddling you have to perform.