How to implement my formulas in my code?

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Hello!

I'm new to Arduino, but for school I have to make a 4 wire fan that is adjustable. I want to make it that way that I give in the frequentie of the pulse, and the Arduino transers it in to a value between 0 and 255. I already did some math and I have the formulas to get the value. But where do I have to implement these?

Formulas:
Calabration formula --> f(Hz)=5,1143∙U-2,2012
Into this --> U=(f+2,2012)/5,1143
Calculate when motor starts --> 2,2012/5,1143=0,43 <-- motor starts at 0,43V
Between 0,43V en 9,991V the Arduino goes in 255 steps --> (9,991-0,43)/255=0,037V each step
The formula of your speed is --> ((U-0,43))/0,037V=x(in steps between 0 and 255)

float fanSpeed   = 0;  // A0 op de Arduino / Loper van de Potmeter
float fanPWM     = 3;  // Pin D3 op de Arduino. / Instellen van toerental 0/255
int   fanSensor  = 8;  // Pin D8 op de Arduino / Uitlezen van toerental 0/1023
int   Puls       = 4;  // Hier het aantal pulsen per omwenteling van de fan. Te vinden in specs van de fan.   

int Speed = x; // Var die nodig is om de snelheid in te stellen van 0 tot 255
 
unsigned long SensorPulsTijd;
 
void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);
  pinMode(fanSensor, INPUT);
  pinMode(fanSpeed, INPUT);
  digitalWrite(fanSensor, HIGH);
}
 
void loop() {
  analogWrite(3, Speed); // RPM snelheid instellen
  SensorPulsTijd = pulseIn(fanSensor, LOW);
  double frequency = 1000000/SensorPulsTijd;  // 1000000 microsec / SensorPulsTijd = aantal microsec per puls.
 
  Serial.print("Pulsduur in microsec.     = ");
  Serial.println(SensorPulsTijd);
  Serial.print("Rotatietijd in microsec.  = ");
  Serial.println(SensorPulsTijd*Puls);
  Serial.print("Frequentie in Herz        = ");
  Serial.println(frequency/Puls, 0);
  Serial.print("Toerental per Minuut      = ");
  Serial.println(frequency/Puls*60);
  Serial.println();
  Serial.println();
  delay(1000);
}

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You should not be using float data type for pin numbers:

float fanSpeed   = 0;  // A0 op de Arduino / Loper van de Potmeter
float fanPWM     = 3;  // Pin D3 op de Arduino. / Instellen van toerental 0/255

Then, in loop(), you never use the definition of 'fanPWM' that you made, instead you use the raw pin number:

 analogWrite(3, Speed); // RPM snelheid instellen

In setup(), you never set a pin mode for pin D3:

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);
  pinMode(fanSensor, INPUT);
  pinMode(fanSpeed, INPUT);
  digitalWrite(fanSensor, HIGH);
}
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I don’t see why you need to include all that maths .
Once you’ve done the maths you could use the “map” function to convert your frequency number to an output value , it even use a look up table .