Sense resistor / current shunt calculator

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This calculator allows you to find out which sense resistor you need to drop a specified voltage at a given current. Additionally it computes the power dissipated in the sense resistor.

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R_{\text{sense}} = \frac{U_{\text{drop}}}{I_{\text{sense}}} P_{\text{sense}} = I_{\text{sense}}² \cdot R_{\text{sense}}