Sense resistor power dissipation calculator

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You can enter values with SI suffixes like 12.2m (equivalent to 0.012) or 14k (14000) or 32u (0.000032).
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This calculator allows you to find out how much power your sense resistor will dissipate and how much voltage it will drop at a given current.

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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}}