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I'm not the best at Arduino so I'm sorry for my "noobiness".

I'm extending some code that I found online to work on the gyroscope that I'm building.

I'm wondering what the difference is between pow and sqrt in this code.

I'm also wondering what the 180/pi is used for. I haven't gotten my mind around this part yet.

arx = (180/3.141592) * atan(ax / pow((ay, 2) + pow(az, 2));

What's the difference here?

ary = (180/3.141592) * atan(ay / sqrt(square(ax, 2) + square(az, 2)));
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    pow(x, 2) is the second power, so x² or x*x. sqrt(x) is the square root of x, so $\sqrt x$. A whole circle is 360 degrees or 2π when measuring in radians. So this ratio of 180/3.141592 is used to convert an angle in radians to an angle in degrees.
    – Gerben
    Commented Oct 19, 2015 at 12:16
  • @Gerben That should be an answer, n'est pas?
    – CharlieHanson
    Commented Oct 19, 2015 at 16:13
  • @Gerben Do you know why im getting this error? In function 'void loop()': error: too few arguments to function 'double pow(double, double)' GettingValues:41: error: at this point in file error: too many arguments to function 'double square(double)' GettingValues:42: error: at this point in file error: too many arguments to function 'double square(double)'
    – Marc
    Commented Oct 20, 2015 at 7:40
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    Your parentheses are wrong. Change pow(( to pow(.
    – Gerben
    Commented Oct 20, 2015 at 8:35

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Converting Gerben's comment into an answer:

pow(x, 2) is the second power, in other words:

x squared

sqrt(x) is the square root of x, that is:

Square root of x

A whole circle is 360 degrees or 2π when measuring in radians. So this ratio of 180 / 3.141592 is used to convert an angle in radians to an angle in degrees.

radians to degrees

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