Thermal Power Result Tile

How the thermal power tile reports average power, peak power, crest factor, and thermal limit status.

Direct answer

The thermal power tile shows whether the operating point is constrained by average power handling rather than by movement or airflow.

What it measures

• Average operating power in watts.
• Peak power implied by the configured crest factor.
• Maximum average power from the thermal limit policy.
• Frequency range used by the simulation result.

Why it matters

• Thermal limits are about heat over time, not just instantaneous cone motion.
• They matter when a driver can move safely but cannot dissipate the required average power.
• They help avoid comparing designs at unrealistic continuous power levels.

How to read it in 00 Simulator

• Compare average operating power against the maximum average power value.
• Check crest factor before comparing music, burst, and continuous test assumptions.
• Use max SPL and headroom views to see where thermal and mechanical limits trade places.

What good, warning, and bad usually look like

Good

Average operating power is below the thermal target with enough margin for the intended duty cycle.

Warning

The design depends on high crest factor or short-duration operation to stay plausible.

Bad

Thermal power is the limiting condition before the target output is reached.

Common false conclusions

• Peak power is not the same as continuous thermal power.
• A datasheet Pe value is not a guarantee of low compression or low distortion.
• Thermal safety does not imply excursion safety.

App behavior notes

• The internal simulation API exposes this as the `thermal` tile.
• Peak power is derived from average power and crest factor.