Thursday, December 29, 2016

PCalc 42 User Functions ( iOS )

PCalc 42 User Functions ( iOS )


Programs for the iOS App PCalc 42 from Previous Posts (during May 2014):








Time to revisit this app:

PCalc42 Decimal to Degrees-Minutes-Seconds (d.mmssss form): 
D > DMS

Switch to Decimal
Set R0 to X
Truncate X
Set R1 to R0
Subtract X from R1
Multiply R1 by 60
Set R2 to R1
Subtract X from R1
Multiply R1 by 60
Set R2 to R1
Truncate R1
Multiply R1 by 0.01
Add R1 to X
Set R3 to R2
Truncate R3
Subtract R3 from R2
Multiply R2 by 0.006
Add R2 to X

Example:   1.85 in DMS form is 1.51 (1° 51’)

PCalc42 Degrees-Minutes-Seconds (d.mmssss form) to Decimal
DMS > D

Switch to Decimal
Set R0 to X
Truncate X
Set R1 to R0
Subtract X from R1
Multiply R1 by 100
Set R2 to R1
Truncate R1
Subtract R1 from R2
Divide R2 by 60
Multiply R2 by 100
Add R1 to R2
Divide R2 by 60
Add R2 to X

Example:  1.3052 (1° 30’ 52”) in decimal form is 1.514444444


PCalc42 Snell’s Law of Refraction

Input: Y: n1, X: n,  n1 ≤ n2

Switch to Degrees
Invert X
Multiply Y by X
Inverse Sine X

Example:  n1 = 1.33, n2 = 1.50.   Output:  62.4573248455

PCalc42 Doppler Effect (RPN)  (SI Units)

Input:  Z:  emitted frequency (Hz), Y:  receiver velocity (m/s), X: source velocity (m/s)
Output:  observed frequency (Hz) on stack X

Negate X
Add Y to X
RPN Swap
RPN Roll Down
Divide X by 299752458
Add 1 to X
Multiply Y by X
RPN Roll Down

Example: 
Z:  Emitted Frequency:  525 Hz
Y:  Receiver Velocity:  214,000,000 ft/s
X:  Source Velocity:  208,000,000 ft/s

Output:  Observed Frequency:  535.5086711249 Hz

PCalc42 Sums (RPN) Σ m, Σ m^2, Σ m^3

The sum of Σ m^X from m = 1 to m = Y, where X is the power, Y is the power (up to 3).  If Y > 3, an error condition occurs. 

Formulas:
Σ m = (X^2 + X) / 2
Σ m^2 = (2*X^3 + 3*X^2 + X) / 6
Σ m^3 = (X * (X+1))^2 / 4

Set R0 to Y
Truncate X
Skip 3 if X = 1
Skip 7 if X = 2
Skip 16 if X = 3
Error
RPN Roll Down
X To Power of 2
Add R0 to X
Divide X by 2
Stop
RPN Roll Down
X To Power of 3
Multiply X by 2
Set R1 to R0
R1 To Power of 2
Multiply R1 by 3
Add R1 to X
Add R0 to X
Divide X by 6
Stop
RPN Roll Down
Add 1 to X
Multiply X by R0
X To Power of 2
Divide X by 4

Example:
Y = 6, X = 1:  Sum is 21
Y = 6, X = 2:  Sum is 91
Y = 6, X = 3:  Sum is 441

PCalc42 Present Value Factor of a Single Sum

PV:  (1 + Y/100)^-X

Y:  interest rate
X:  periods

Negate X
Divide Y by 100
Add 1 to Y
Y To Power of X
RPN Roll Down

Example:  Y = 7 (7%), X =  5 (n = 5)
Output:  0.7129861795

Happy New Year’s Everyone! See you in 2017!    

Eddie


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