"pablobleyer@hotmail.com" <pablobleyer@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<cct6gb$onu@odak26.prod.google.com>...
> David R. McCoy wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > What is TI talking about when they refer to the floating point
> package(FPP)?
>
> http://www-s.ti.com/sc/techzip/slar041.zip, described in
> http://focus.ti.com/lit/an/slaa024/slaa024.pdf
>
> > I need the uC to take the square root of a number and it seems that
> I'll
> > have to use the FPP to do it. Is that true?
>
> It is one way to do it.
>
> > What is the FPP used for?
>
> Fiddles with floating point calculations (two formats provided). RTFM.
>
> Cheers.
There are several methods for calculating sq root. Search the
archives here and software-eng. THe one the comes to mind is a
sucessive approximation method that (from MSB to LSB) sets a bit in
the answer then squares the number then tests is the guess squared is
larger input value. I suspect the 430 will have fast multiply.
Floating point will be large code and time wise.
Good Luck
George
Reply by pabl...@hotmail.com●July 12, 20042004-07-12
David R. McCoy wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> What is TI talking about when they refer to the floating point
> I need the uC to take the square root of a number and it seems that
I'll
> have to use the FPP to do it. Is that true?
It is one way to do it.
> What is the FPP used for?
Fiddles with floating point calculations (two formats provided). RTFM.
Cheers.
--
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