Post Reply 
WP-34S: Stopwatch - bug, feature, or user error?
05-10-2014, 01:12 PM (This post was last modified: 05-10-2014 07:07 PM by Brad Barton.)
Post: #13
RE: WP-34S: Stopwatch - bug, feature, or user error?
(05-10-2014 06:06 AM)walter b Wrote:  Since displaying tenths is startup default, let me suggest: IF tenths are turned off AND the stopwatch is running THEN automatic power down shall be turned off.

How about the following: IF tenths are turned off AND stopwatch is running, THEN automatic power down is enabled AND the time difference is carried forward to power up AND stopwatch is re-started with the time difference added.

Not sure I like it because it's error prone. Even though the user is supposedly unconcerned about the accuracy of the stopwatch in this scenario, the calculator would be showing a result with the potential inaccuracy of +/- 1 sec. This error could also increase to n*(+/-1 sec) with n power down cycles. I would tend not to trust an instrument that could return erroneous results.

I think probably Pascal's approach is the winner.
Find all posts by this user
Quote this message in a reply
Post Reply 


Messages In This Thread
RE: WP-34S: Stopwatch - bug, feature, or user error? - Brad Barton - 05-10-2014 01:12 PM



User(s) browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)