time ~ cosine :-(

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onlyvinod56

Joined Oct 14, 2008
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hi every one....
iam from electrical background. I am designing power factor measurement circuit using 89c51. I want to convert the time gap between two consecutive pulses into degrees (angle = 100pi*time). then i have to get the cosine of that angle. my problem is, i didn't find any technique to get cosine of that angle. please help me.
thanQ.
 

Papabravo

Joined Feb 24, 2006
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Depending on the number of entries in the table and the available memory you may have to interpolate. I did not say that a polynomial approximation was the only way, but it is a common way, as is table lookup.
 

davebee

Joined Oct 22, 2008
540
Somebody invented routines called cordic algorithms that I've heard some calculators use to generate trigonometric functions, but I couldn't explain them.
 
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