diff --git a/__init__.py b/__init__.py
index 93dce7b..155b55a 100755
--- a/__init__.py
+++ b/__init__.py
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ def assert_in(a, *b):
 
 
 ##
-## Binary stuff
+## Binary and other base conversions
 ##
 
 class BitVector:
@@ -206,6 +206,12 @@ def unhex(s):
     return [ord(i) for i in s.replace(' ', '').decode('hex')]
 
 
+def pp(value, bits=16):
+    if type(value) == type(''):
+        value, _ = unpack('<H', value)
+    hexfmt = '%%0%dx' % (bits / 4)
+    return '%6d  0x%s  %s' % (value, (hexfmt % value), bin(value, bits))
+
 ##
 ## Codecs
 ##