"average power"

[stickz]

do any1 have a vi that can calculate the average power. i am geting voltage from chanel 1 and current from channel 2. the vi must not use freq or any FFT when calculating the average power..  Can someone please help me

[chrisger]

hi there

if you mean electric power just multiply both channels. you can then pass the data to a median filter. see attachment.

[chrisger]

multiple post. see other suggestions here: http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=170&message.id=206173