Use this electronics calculation for a first-pass component, converter, signal, motor, or sensor estimate when the stated operating conditions and units match the device data.

Round Trip (s) (s)

Required number input.

Sound speed (m/s) (m/s)

Required number input.

Calculate ultrasonic pulse-echo target distance from round-trip travel time and assumed sound speed; sound speed must reflect the measurement medium. The tool evaluates the supplied inputs together and returns the named outputs below; it does not infer omitted operating conditions or change the units shown.^[1]

Distance (m) (m)

The resulting distance (m) returned as a number.

• Compact electronics formulas omit some combination of tolerances, temperature drift, bandwidth, loading, parasitics, noise spectrum, nonlinearity, clipping, calibration, layout, and device-specific limits. Typical datasheet values are not guaranteed limits.
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