Messages in this thread | | | From | Kyle Moffett <> | Subject | Re: How to document dimension units for virtual files? | Date | Fri, 10 Nov 2006 08:18:31 -0500 |
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On Nov 09, 2006, at 18:15:33, Pavel Machek wrote: > Anyway, Greg's opinion was that we should just document units in > documentation and not pollute names with that. I'm not sure if it > works for battery (because of current:mA vs. current:mW confusion).
Well, IMO you should never have "current:mW" in any form whatsoever anyways. Electrically it makes no sense; it's like saying "height:grams". Watts are an indication of power emitted or consumed per unit time (as opposed to current/amperage which counts only the number of electrons and not the change in energy), so perhaps "power_flow:mW" or "power_consumption:mW" would make more sense?
I can conceivably see a need for a "current:mJ_per_s" versus "current:mW" depending on the hardware-reported units, but never both at the same time.
Cheers, Kyle Moffett
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