Re: Optimize pow() function

From	Tauno Voipio <tauno.voipio@notused.fi.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.arch.embedded
Subject	Re: Optimize pow() function
Date	2016-09-25 16:36 +0300
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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On 25.9.16 13:50, Richard Damon wrote:
> On 9/22/16 9:36 AM, pozz wrote:
>> I have to convert voltage measure (Volt) into power (Watt).  As you
>> know, the physics says I need to square the voltage measure.
>>
> Whoever told you that didn't give you the full message, as it applies in
> only very limited cases.
>
> Electrical Power is Voltage * Current, not Voltage squared.
>
> IF you have a resistive load, then we have that
>
> Voltage = Current * Resistance.
>
> From this we can get to Power = Voltage * Voltage / Resistance.
>
> This means that for a system with constant resistance we can say that
> Power goes as Voltage squared, with a scale factor of 1/Resistance.
>
> If the resistance of the system isn't constant, this relationship
> absolutely doesn't hold. I have built systems where (within an operating
> band) the Power consumed goes up with dropping voltage.
>
> If all you can measure in the field is the Voltage, and the system if
> fairly stable, then what you can do is in the lab go to a NUMBER of
> points and measure voltage and power to determine how your system
> responds and come up with some sort of curve to fit the results.
>
> You need MORE points than unknowns to be able to sanity check your fit.
> You also should perform it under varying conditions (like ambient
> temperature) to make sure the results are stable.


The situation of the OP is more complex: He's attempting to measure
the output power of a RF amplifier by measuring the DC feed voltage
and relating the output power to it.

There are simply too many moving parts in the equation, it will not
work with some mathematical trickery.

-- 

-TV

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Optimize pow() function pozz <pozzugno@gmail.com> - 2016-09-22 15:36 +0200
  Re: Optimize pow() function Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2016-09-22 07:17 -0700
    Re: Optimize pow() function pozz <pozzugno@gmail.com> - 2016-09-22 23:10 +0200
      Re: Optimize pow() function rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-09-22 17:31 -0400
        Re: Optimize pow() function lasselangwadtchristensen@gmail.com - 2016-09-22 14:44 -0700
        Re: Optimize pow() function pozz <pozzugno@gmail.com> - 2016-09-23 09:03 +0200
          Re: Optimize pow() function Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-09-23 00:17 -0700
          Re: Optimize pow() function Tauno Voipio <tauno.voipio@notused.fi.invalid> - 2016-09-23 22:45 +0300
      Re: Optimize pow() function rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-09-22 17:44 -0400
        Re: Optimize pow() function pozz <pozzugno@gmail.com> - 2016-09-23 09:08 +0200
          Re: Optimize pow() function rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-09-24 01:54 -0400
      Re: Optimize pow() function Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2016-09-22 14:50 -0700
        Re: Optimize pow() function pozz <pozzugno@gmail.com> - 2016-09-23 09:23 +0200
          Re: Optimize pow() function Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2016-09-23 00:32 -0700
          Re: Optimize pow() function Evgeny Filatov <e.v.filatov@ieee.org> - 2016-09-23 12:56 +0300
            Re: Optimize pow() function Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2016-09-23 10:41 -0700
          Re: Optimize pow() function Hans-Bernhard Bröker <HBBroeker@t-online.de> - 2016-09-23 21:07 +0200
          Re: Optimize pow() function Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2016-09-23 12:12 -0700
    Re: Optimize pow() function pozz <pozzugno@gmail.com> - 2016-09-22 23:12 +0200
      Re: Optimize pow() function Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2016-09-22 14:58 -0700
  Re: Optimize pow() function Tim Wescott <tim@seemywebsite.com> - 2016-09-22 10:01 -0500
    Re: Optimize pow() function Jack <jack4747@gmail.com> - 2016-09-22 08:08 -0700
      Re: Optimize pow() function Tim Wescott <seemywebsite@myfooter.really> - 2016-09-22 11:53 -0500
        Re: Optimize pow() function pippo2@disney.com (Jack) - 2016-09-22 21:12 +0200
          Re: Optimize pow() function lasselangwadtchristensen@gmail.com - 2016-09-22 13:12 -0700
          Re: Optimize pow() function Tim Wescott <seemywebsite@myfooter.really> - 2016-09-22 15:51 -0500
    Re: Optimize pow() function pozz <pozzugno@gmail.com> - 2016-09-22 23:15 +0200
      Re: Optimize pow() function Tim Wescott <seemywebsite@myfooter.really> - 2016-09-22 17:52 -0500
      Re: Optimize pow() function David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-09-23 09:32 +0200
    Re: Optimize pow() function David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-09-23 09:28 +0200
      Re: Optimize pow() function Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-09-23 00:47 -0700
        Re: Optimize pow() function David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-09-23 11:05 +0200
        Re: Optimize pow() function Tim Wescott <tim@seemywebsite.com> - 2016-09-23 11:44 -0500
  Re: Optimize pow() function Jack <jack4747@gmail.com> - 2016-09-22 23:15 -0700
    Re: Optimize pow() function Hans-Bernhard Bröker <HBBroeker@t-online.de> - 2016-09-23 20:49 +0200
  Re: Optimize pow() function Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2016-09-25 06:50 -0400
    Re: Optimize pow() function Tauno Voipio <tauno.voipio@notused.fi.invalid> - 2016-09-25 16:36 +0300
      Re: Optimize pow() function Chris <xxx.syseng.yyy@gfsys.co.uk> - 2016-09-26 17:30 +0000
        Re: Optimize pow() function Tauno Voipio <tauno.voipio@notused.fi.invalid> - 2016-09-26 21:49 +0300
      Re: Optimize pow() function pozz <pozzugno@gmail.com> - 2016-09-26 23:30 +0200
        Re: Optimize pow() function Tauno Voipio <tauno.voipio@notused.fi.invalid> - 2016-09-27 18:58 +0300
  Re: Optimize pow() function Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2016-09-26 22:44 -0500

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