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What's your favorite calculator?
bd139:
Theyre better than a TI nSpire!
hwj-d:
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I thought how one wouldn't want to walk around in a store looking at your phone, tapping on it, just to understand the prices around you. Then, I remembered that that's exactly what the kids do nowadays anyway.. :-//
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"Smartphone smartphone in my hand, who is nicest in the land?!" ::)
MarkF:
VK3DRB:
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--- Quote from: eugenenine on August 12, 2019, 01:01:59 pm ---
--- Quote from: NANDBlog on August 12, 2019, 08:49:48 am ---excelIt's a beauty, does all kinds of engineering stuff.
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Until you find all the issues/bugs in it. Open/LibreOffice Calc is a lot better
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YESSS :-+
(but go for LibreOffice)
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Except Excel has one BIG advantage over other spreadheet programs. In Excel you can plot a graph and get it to assign a nth order equation to it. This is very useful when you want to make an equation to programmatically derive the temperature from a table published by a thermistor vendor. The equation in an embedded micro can sometimes be better and more accurate than using a lookup table. Using an equation works fabulously with Labview or C/C++/C# on a PC. I know you can also use Matlab to get an equation. Try and do that with OpenOffice or LibreOffice Calc!
hwj-d:
--- Quote from: VK3DRB on August 17, 2019, 08:45:44 am ---
--- Quote from: hwj-d on August 12, 2019, 02:00:19 pm ---
--- Quote from: eugenenine on August 12, 2019, 01:01:59 pm ---
--- Quote from: NANDBlog on August 12, 2019, 08:49:48 am ---excelIt's a beauty, does all kinds of engineering stuff.
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Until you find all the issues/bugs in it. Open/LibreOffice Calc is a lot better
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YESSS :-+
(but go for LibreOffice)
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Except Excel has one BIG advantage over other spreadheet programs. In Excel you can plot a graph and get it to assign a nth order equation to it. This is very useful when you want to make an equation to programmatically derive the temperature from a table published by a thermistor vendor. The equation in an embedded micro can sometimes be better and more accurate than using a lookup table. Using an equation works fabulously with Labview or C/C++/C# on a PC. I know you can also use Matlab to get an equation. Try and do that with OpenOffice or LibreOffice Calc!
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Maybe so. I probably lack the necessary awareness to be lured onto the MS agenda. :D
(Edit: ... and I'm a MCSE, a couple of years ago)
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