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#include <inttypes.h>

#define CRC8INIT    0x00
#define CRC8POLY    0x18              //0X18 = X^8+X^5+X^4+X^0

uint8_t    crc8 ( uint8_t *data_in, uint16_t number_of_bytes_to_read )
{
    uint8_t     crc;
    uint16_t loop_count;
    uint8_t  bit_counter;
    uint8_t  data;
    uint8_t  feedback_bit;
    
    crc = CRC8INIT;

    for (loop_count = 0; loop_count != number_of_bytes_to_read; loop_count++)
    {
        data = data_in[loop_count];
        
        bit_counter = 8;
        do {
            feedback_bit = (crc ^ data) & 0x01;
    
            if ( feedback_bit == 0x01 ) {
                crc = crc ^ CRC8POLY;
            }
            crc = (crc >> 1) & 0x7F;
            if ( feedback_bit == 0x01 ) {
                crc = crc | 0x80;
            }
        
            data = data >> 1;
            bit_counter--;
        
        } while (bit_counter > 0);
    }
    
    return crc;
}