Added merge bytes test

dbw/test/test_byte_split.py

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 # This test aims to check the byte split function which splits a given 2-byte (16-bit) value into 2 separate bytes (8 bits each).
 
 for i in range(8):
@@ -12,5 +11,5 @@
 
     print("High byte: ", "{0:b}".format(byte_list[1]), "{0:x}".format(byte_list[1]))
     print("Low byte: " , "{0:b}".format(byte_list[0]), "{0:x}".format(byte_list[0]))
-    
+
     print()

dbw/test/test_merge_bytes.py

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# This test aims to check the merge bytes function which takes in a high byte and low byte and merges them.
+
+for i in range(8):
+    num1 = int(255/7*i)
+    num2 = 255-num1
+
+    print("num1 in hexadecimal: ", format(num1, 'x'))
+    print("num2 in hexadecimal: ", format(num2, 'x'))
+
+    print("num1 in binary: ", format(num1, 'b'))
+    print("num2 in binary: ", format(num2, 'b'))
+
+    num1_merge = num1*2**8 + 0xFF
+    num2_merge = 0xFF00 + num2
+
+    merged = num1_merge & num2_merge
+
+    print("merged number: ", format(merged, 'x'))
+    print()
+
+
+def merge_bytes(high_byte, low_byte):
+    high = high_byte*2**8 + 0xFF
+    low = 0xFF00 + low_byte
+
+    merged = high & low
+
+    return merged