dimpowercable

by Tim C. Lueth, SG-Lib Toolbox: SolidGeometry 5.6 - Auxiliary function
Introduced first in SolidGeometry 4.8, Creation date: 2019-11-10, Last change: 2025-09-14

returns the required dimension for a motor power cable or the number of required power cables

Description

Based on standard cupper cable.
If the third parameter, diameter, is used, the number of cables is returned to transport the required power, instead of the diameter in mm
May be the connectors need an independent function

Example Illustration

missing image of dimpowercable(P,U,d)

Syntax

[d,dw,text,vend]=dimpowercable([P,U,d])

Input Parameter

P: Power in Watt; default 10 W
U: Voltage in Volt; default is 5 V
d: optional existing diameter;

Output Parameter

d: diameter of cable or number of cables
dw: loss of power by cable heating / resistor
text: printable text string that contains the specification to order cable and connectors
vend: printable text string that contains a vendor for the required components if known




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