Wait, no, that's just the power in the resistor. Go with what Olin said. Ugh, how did I miss that? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brendan Moran" To: Sent: Monday, June 24, 2002 3:42 PM Subject: Re: [EE]: estimating power from arbitrary current curve > You know the resistor is 10ohms, right? Well, why not do this: > > Integrate the waveform over the duration of a single flash sequence, then > square the result, and multiply by 10 ohms, then, as long as you carry the > units through, you have an output in watt-seconds^2 sot hen divide by the > time it takes for the strobe sequence, which gives watt-seconds, which is > what you wanted, right? > > Caveat: I haven't done power analysis of strobes before, I'm just looking at > the unit analysis, I could have made a critical error somewhere in there. > > --Brendan -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body