Real base conversion

JavaScript (ES8), 81 74 71 bytes

f=
(x,b,n,g=x=>x.toString(b))=>g(x-x%1)+'.'+g(x%1).substr(2,n).padEnd(n,0)
<div oninput=o.textContent=f(+x.value,b.value,n.value)><input id=x><input type=number min=2 max=36 value=10 id=b><input type=number min=1 max=20 value=10 id=n><pre id=o>

Works for x between 1e-6 and 1e21, b from 2 to 36 (exactly as required) and n from 1 to anything from 10 to 48 depending on the base before floating-point errors creep in. Edit: Saved 7 bytes with help from @Birjolaxew. Saved a further 3 bytes with help from @tsh. Previous 74-byte version also worked with negative numbers:

f=
(x,b,n,[i,d]=`${x.toString(b)}.`.split`.`)=>i+`.`+d.slice(0,n).padEnd(n,0)
<div oninput=o.textContent=f(+x.value,b.value,n.value)><input id=x><input type=number min=2 max=36 value=10 id=b><input type=number min=1 max=20 value=10 id=n><pre id=o>


Python 2, 153 149 144 137 135 109 bytes

def f(x,b,m):
 i=int(x);s=[];t=[]
 while i:s=[i%b]+s;i/=b
 while m:m-=1;x=x%1*b;t+=[int(x)]
 return s or[0],t

Hadn't noticed I can just return the digits as numbers, so that makes it a lot simpler. Returns two lists of digits, first for the integer part, second for the fractional.

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Perl 6, 25 bytes

->\x,\b,\n{+x .base(b,n)}

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Expanded:

-> \x, \b, \n {
  +x            # make sure it is a Numeric
  .base( b, n ) # do the base conversion
}

Note that the space is so that it is parsed as (+x).base(b,n)
not +( x.base(b,n) ).