diff --git a/tikz/ieee-754-float/Makefile b/tikz/ieee-754-float/Makefile
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+SOURCE = ieee-754-float
+DELAY = 80
+DENSITY = 300
+WIDTH = 500
+
+make:
+	pdflatex $(SOURCE).tex -output-format=pdf
+	make clean
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf  $(TARGET) *.class *.html *.log *.aux *.data *.gnuplot
+
+gif:
+	pdfcrop $(SOURCE).pdf
+	convert -verbose -delay $(DELAY) -loop 0 -density $(DENSITY) $(SOURCE)-crop.pdf $(SOURCE).gif
+	make clean
+
+png:
+	make
+	make svg
+	inkscape $(SOURCE).svg -w $(WIDTH) --export-png=$(SOURCE).png
+
+transparentGif:
+	convert $(SOURCE).pdf -transparent white result.gif
+	make clean
+
+svg:
+	make
+	#inkscape $(SOURCE).pdf --export-plain-svg=$(SOURCE).svg
+	pdf2svg $(SOURCE).pdf $(SOURCE).svg
+	# Necessary, as pdf2svg does not always create valid svgs:
+	inkscape $(SOURCE).svg --export-plain-svg=$(SOURCE).svg
+	rsvg-convert -a -w $(WIDTH) -f svg $(SOURCE).svg -o $(SOURCE)2.svg
+	inkscape $(SOURCE)2.svg --export-plain-svg=$(SOURCE).svg
+	rm $(SOURCE)2.svg
diff --git a/tikz/ieee-754-float/README.md b/tikz/ieee-754-float/README.md
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+Compiled example
+----------------
+![Example](ieee-754-float.png)
diff --git a/tikz/ieee-754-float/ieee-754-float.png b/tikz/ieee-754-float/ieee-754-float.png
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diff --git a/tikz/ieee-754-float/ieee-754-float.tex b/tikz/ieee-754-float/ieee-754-float.tex
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+\documentclass{article}
+\usepackage[pdftex,active,tightpage]{preview}
+\setlength\PreviewBorder{2mm}
+
+\usepackage{tikz}
+\usetikzlibrary{shapes.multipart, calc, decorations.pathreplacing}
+
+\begin{document}
+\begin{preview}
+\begin{tikzpicture}[array/.style={rectangle split,rectangle split horizontal, rectangle split parts=#1,draw, anchor=center, rectangle split part fill={blue!20, green!20, blue!20!green!90}}]
+\node[array=3] (a) {
+\nodepart{one}0
+\nodepart{two}01001100
+\nodepart{three}01001111000000001111111
+};
+
+\draw [decoration={brace,raise=2pt},decorate] ($(a.two) + (-0.13,+0.35)$) --  node[above=3pt]{Exponent (8 bit)}($(a.three) + (-0.13,+0.35)$);
+\draw [decoration={brace,mirror,raise=2pt},decorate] ($(a.three) + (-0.13,-0.14)$) --  node[below=3pt]{Mantissa (23 bit)}(a.south east);
+\draw [decoration={brace,mirror,raise=2pt},decorate] ($(a.one) + (-0.13,-0.14)$) --  node[below=3pt]{Sign (1 bit)}($(a.two) + (-0.13,-0.15)$);
+\end{tikzpicture}
+\end{preview}
+\end{document}