Atan

Syntax

Assignment Variable = Atan(pVariable)

Overview

Deduce the arc tangent of a 32-bit floating point value.

Parameter

pVariable can be a constant, variable or expression that requires the arc tangent (Inverse Tangent) extracted. The value expected and returned by the floating point Atan is in radians. Assignment Variable can be any valid variable type.

Example

Device = 24FJ64GA002
                                ' Select the device to compile for
Declare Xtal = 16
                         ' Tell the compiler the device will be operating at 16MHz
Declare Hserial_Baud = 9600    ' USART1 Baud rate
Declare Hrsout1_Pin = PORTB.14 ' Select the pin for TX with USART1
Dim FloatIn as Float
                                ' Holds the value to Atan
Dim FloatOut as Float
                                ' Holds the result of the Atan
PPS_Output(cOut_Pin_RP14, cOut_Fn_U1TX)  ' Make Pin RB14 U1TX
FloatIn = 1
                                ' Load the variable
FloatOut = Atan(FloatIn)
                                ' Extract the Atan of the value
HrsoutLn Dec FloatOut
                                ' Display the result on a serial terminal

Notes.

FloatIng point trigonometry is rather memory hungry, so do not be surprised if a large chunk of the microcontroller’s code memory is used with a single operator. This also means that floating point trigonometry is comparatively slow to operate.

When implementing trigonometry, or other built in, functions within an expression, always wrap them in parenthesis, otherwise the parser may consider the extra operands as part of the trigonometry parameter and produce an incorrect result. For example:

MyAssignment = (dAtan(MyVar1)) + (dSin(MyVar2))