Hex Nibble to Binary
Hardware engineers read memory dumps and logic analyzer traces directly in hexadecimal because it provides an exact map to underlying binary signals. The value 0xB7 appears on an 8-bit hardware bus. The prefix 0x denotes hexadecimal notation. Each hex character corresponds to exactly four binary bits, known as a nibble. Determine the exact binary bit pattern for the given hexadecimal value. Identify the logical boundaries between the upper and lower nibbles.
Constraints
- Do not use repeated division by two.
- Map each hexadecimal digit directly to its four-bit binary equivalent.
- Maintain the exact bit order from the Most Significant Bit (MSB) to the Least Significant Bit (LSB).
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