This potentially allows for a significant saving in cpu cycles especially for microcontroller such as Arduino. This algorithm is way more efficient than the standard Arduino Smoothing Algorithm.

About Arduino code for a DIY Exercise Bike Resistance meter using Adafruit Huzzah with smoothing algorithm ...

The technique has been packaged up in a simple function that [David] wrote to play nicely in the Arduino ecosystem. However, the routine is straightforward and would be quick to implement no ...