To avoid a large number of decimal to binary conversions, a two-digit stage was used as the basic block for the iterative Binary Coded Decimal (BCD) multiplier.
Mhaidat, "FPGA implementation of binary coded decimal digit adders and multipliers," in Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Mechatronics and its Applications (ISMA '12), Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, April 2012.
Specifically, the IRIG-B 74-b serial time code contains 30 b of binary
coded decimal (BCD) time of year data, 17 b of straight binary seconds of day, 9 b for year information, and 18 b for control data.
The units are housed in a full 3U rack chassis with front panel keyboard for manual control, GPIB and parallel binary
coded decimal (BCD) interface for remote programming.
The data is then translated (i.e., EBCDIC [extended binary
coded decimal interexchange code] to ASCII) before it's moved to the destination server, where it's loaded onto another database for access and analysis by decision-makers.
Field data digitized by the SCADA is sent over a RS485 network to the Mauell digital output (DO128) and binary
coded decimal (BCD32) controllers that distribute data to indicating devices across the board.
One such method uses a coded carrier with a set of small magnets that are polarized to show the pallet number in binary
coded decimal (BCD).