public static int makeWord(int hibyte,int lowbyte){
  int hi=0xFF & hibyte;
  int low=0xFF & lowbyte;
  return ((hi << 8) | low);
}

public static int makeWord ( int hibyte , int lowbyte ) { int hi = 0xFF & hibyte ; int low = 0xFF & lowbyte ; return ( ( hi << 8 ) | low ) ; }
makes a word from 2 bytes
