Bit Spreading Interleave Bits with Zeros

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdint.h>
uint16_t t=0;
uint16_t spread_bits(uint8_t val) {
    // Your logic here
    for(int i=0;i<8;i++)
        t|=(val&1<<i)<<i;
    return t;
}

int main() {
    uint8_t val;
    scanf("%hhu", &val);

    uint16_t result = spread_bits(val);
    printf("%u", result);
    return 0;
}