2 files changed, 18 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/chiselFrontend/src/main/scala/chisel3/core/Bits.scala b/chiselFrontend/src/main/scala/chisel3/core/Bits.scala
index 035ac213..c5fc10e7 100644
--- a/chiselFrontend/src/main/scala/chisel3/core/Bits.scala
+++ b/chiselFrontend/src/main/scala/chisel3/core/Bits.scala
@@ -647,7 +647,13 @@ sealed class SInt private[core] (width: Width, lit: Option[SLit] = None)
   override def do_asUInt(implicit sourceInfo: SourceInfo): UInt = pushOp(DefPrim(sourceInfo, UInt(this.width), AsUIntOp, ref))
   override def do_asSInt(implicit sourceInfo: SourceInfo): SInt = this
   override def do_asFixedPoint(binaryPoint: BinaryPoint)(implicit sourceInfo: SourceInfo): FixedPoint = {
-    pushOp(DefPrim(sourceInfo, FixedPoint(width, binaryPoint), AsFixedPointOp, ref))
+    binaryPoint match {
+      case KnownBinaryPoint(value) =>
+        val iLit = ILit(value)
+        pushOp(DefPrim(sourceInfo, FixedPoint(width, binaryPoint), AsFixedPointOp, ref, iLit))
+      case _ =>
+        throwException(s"cannot call $this.asFixedPoint(binaryPoint=$binaryPoint), you must specify a known binaryPoint")
+    }
   }
 }
 
@@ -911,6 +917,12 @@ sealed class FixedPoint private (width: Width, val binaryPoint: BinaryPoint, lit
   override def do_asUInt(implicit sourceInfo: SourceInfo): UInt = pushOp(DefPrim(sourceInfo, UInt(this.width), AsUIntOp, ref))
   override def do_asSInt(implicit sourceInfo: SourceInfo): SInt = pushOp(DefPrim(sourceInfo, SInt(this.width), AsSIntOp, ref))
   //TODO(chick): Consider "convert" as an arithmetic conversion to UInt/SInt
+
+  override def do_fromBits(that: Bits)(implicit sourceInfo: SourceInfo, compileOptions: CompileOptions): this.type = {
+    val res = Wire(this, null).asInstanceOf[this.type]
+    res := that.asFixedPoint(this.binaryPoint)
+    res
+  }
 }
 
 /** Use PrivateObject to force users to specify width and binaryPoint by name
diff --git a/chiselFrontend/src/main/scala/chisel3/core/package.scala b/chiselFrontend/src/main/scala/chisel3/core/package.scala
index 87dca1f3..9fa20f49 100644
--- a/chiselFrontend/src/main/scala/chisel3/core/package.scala
+++ b/chiselFrontend/src/main/scala/chisel3/core/package.scala
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package chisel3 {
   import internal.Builder
 
   package object core {
-    import internal.firrtl.Width
+    import internal.firrtl.{Width, BinaryPoint}
 
     /**
     * These implicit classes allow one to convert scala.Int|scala.BigInt to
@@ -100,5 +100,9 @@ package chisel3 {
     implicit class fromIntToWidth(val int: Int) {
       def W: Width = Width(int)  // scalastyle:ignore method.name
     }
+
+    implicit class fromIntToBinaryPoint(val int: Int) {
+      def BP: BinaryPoint = BinaryPoint(int)  // scalastyle:ignore method.name
+    }
   }
 }